Photo: Art davis · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Haven earn less than those in 75% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 9.1% of residents, next to 11.3% for Kansas as a whole. Haven grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten stay in Haven for work; outside it, Hutchinson is the main destination (32%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Haven
Haven and Hutchinson trade workers both ways
Hutchinson is the top workplace for Haven residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Haven come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Haven makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Haven are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Haven residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Haven has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Haven went from 403 in 2013 to 573 in 2023, +42%. The jobs ↓
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 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Haven’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Haven is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Haven’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($59,091, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Haven’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Haven could be anywhere from C to B.
Out of Haven to work: where people go
Where Haven clocks in
32% of workers
10% 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.
Haven works in goods: 45% of its jobs
573 jobs are based in Haven.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haven, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 573. 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 Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Haven
On a workday 445 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 516 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 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.
Haven’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haven workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 770 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Haven
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.
Few in Haven walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haven is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Haven near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 808 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Haven households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Haven ranks 1,801st of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,799 | Fairfield Beach OH | 1,432 | $49K | 8.1% | 6.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,800 | East Dubuque IL | 1,457 | $68K | 12.2% | 2.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,801 | Haven KS | 1,169 | $59K | 9.1% | 4.5% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,802 | Gilmore Township MI | 1,352 | $81K | 7.5% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,803 | Berkshire NY | 1,460 | $75K | 9.6% | 7.1% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Haven, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 Haven: questions
What is the median household income in Haven?
$59,091 (±$2,626) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haven?
9.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haven?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haven work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (32%, 13 mi), Wichita (10%, 28 mi), Yoder Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Haven walkable?
Haven is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haven 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 Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haven
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.