Photo: Steve Meirowsky (Wikipedia) (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Florence
Only 3% stay in Florence for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (12%, 45 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kansas has 12%. Commuters spend 42 minutes getting to work on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Florence for work, and who comes in
On a workday 171 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Florence on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
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 towns that employ Florence’s residents
Where Florence clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Florence
225 jobs are based in Florence.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 225. 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 Florence’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Florence takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Florence workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 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 many miles Florence commutes
About 23% 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.
How Florence compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Florence workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | – | — | — | 42 min | $30,313 |
| Doyle Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Fairplay Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Doyle Township and Fairplay Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Florence’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Florence: questions
What is the median household income in Florence?
$30,313 (±$19,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florence?
24.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florence?
42 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Florence work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (12%, 45 mi), Newton (9%, 27 mi), Hesston (8%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Florence without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Florence, from the people who make the trip.
More of Florence
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.