Photo: MakolWanaGi at en.wikipedia · Public domainMost of Gas commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Gas; the top destination outside it is Iola (32%, 3 miles). Employers in Gas report 67 jobs; 238 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 17 minutes each way, 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
Gas at work: what stands out
Gas and Iola trade workers both ways
Iola is the top workplace for Gas residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Gas come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Gas is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Gas, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gas has about 300 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Gas’ residents
Where Gas clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
A workday in Gas: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 232 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Gas on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The commute from Gas, by distance
About 32% 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.
Goods, not services: 60% of the jobs in Gas
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gas, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 67. 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 Gas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Gas, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gas workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 8% 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.
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 Gas: questions
What is the median household income in Gas?
$55,227 (±$10,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gas?
15.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gas?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gas work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Iola (32%, 3 mi), Humboldt (6%, 9 mi), Chanute (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gas 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 Gas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gas
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.