Photo: craig Cloutier from Boston, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Elmdale at work: jobs, income and the commute
No jobs are based in Elmdale in the Census job records; 15 of its residents work elsewhere. 0% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%. Hardly any stay in Elmdale for work; outside it, Chanute is the main destination (13%, 81 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Elmdale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in Elmdale on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Elmdale commutes to
Where Elmdale clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Working from home in Elmdale
of Elmdale workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Elmdale goes to work
About 60% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Elmdale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Elmdale?
72.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Elmdale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chanute (13%, 81 mi), Emporia (13%, 24 mi), Cottonwood Falls (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elmdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmdale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.