Photo: Art davis · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Galva commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Kansas 20, U.S. 26). There are 141 jobs in Galva for 377 working residents. Only 6% stay in Galva for work; outside it, McPherson is the main destination (20%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Galva apart on work
The towns that employ Galva’s residents
Where Galva clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Who works in Galva, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 355 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Galva on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Most jobs in Galva are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galva, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 141. 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 Galva’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Galva: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galva workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 commuters (the 6% 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 Galva commutes
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 Galva: questions
What is the median household income in Galva?
$91,167 (±$14,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galva?
5.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galva?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galva work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McPherson (20%, 7 mi), McPherson Township (10%, 6 mi), Wichita (9%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Galva without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galva, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galva
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.