Esbon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Esbon; the top destination outside it is Mankato (30%, 12 miles). Esbon has 4 jobs, and 27 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Esbon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 44 people are in Esbon on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Esbon work
Where Esbon clocks in
Lines 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.
Jobs in Esbon: what the 4 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Esbon, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Esbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes each way for Esbon’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Esbon workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 12% 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.
Half of Esbon commutes less than 29 miles
About 37% 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 Esbon: questions
What is the median household income in Esbon?
$43,750 (±$31,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Esbon?
14.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Esbon?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Esbon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (30%, 12 mi), Beloit (7%, 30 mi), Salina (7%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Esbon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Esbon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Esbon
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.