Manweiler-Maupin Chevrolet · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Hoisington has higher unemployment (8.8%) than 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Hoisington D; getting around on foot earns it B+. Measured by household income, Hoisington is behind 85% of U.S. towns. About one in four stay in Hoisington for work; outside it, Great Bend is the main destination (23%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hoisington stands out on work
Hoisington has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hoisington went from 591 in 2013 to 1,075 in 2023, +82%. The jobs ↓
Hoisington and Great Bend trade workers both ways
Great Bend is the top workplace for Hoisington residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Hoisington come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Hoisington’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hoisington is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #150 of 151 in Kansas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hoisington’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hoisington could be anywhere from D− to C.
30% of the jobs in Hoisington make or build things
1,075 jobs are based in Hoisington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoisington, 2013 → 2023: 591 → 1,075. 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 Hoisington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Hoisington ends
Where Hoisington clocks in
23% of workers
5% 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.
Who works in Hoisington, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 933 residents head out to work, 375 work right here, and 700 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 (0.82 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.
About 16 minutes each way for Hoisington’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoisington workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,072 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hoisington
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.
For most of Hoisington, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hoisington is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #36 of 151 in Kansas. Both inputs place Hoisington 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 1,175 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). 6.4% of Hoisington households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hoisington’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hoisington compares with U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 41 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Minneha Township KS | 3,472 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 67 | Ohio Township KS | 2,219 | $158K | 0.6% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 4,645 | Hoopa CA | 2,233 | $65K | 21.5% | 11.7% | 66% | D |
| 4,646 | Jasonville IN | 1,952 | $41K | 14.8% | 10.4% | 7% | D |
| 4,647 | Hoisington KS | 2,598 | $52K | 16.5% | 8.8% | 29% | D |
| 4,648 | Pembroke NC | 2,888 | $26K | 39.1% | 3.9% | 13% | D |
| 4,649 | Comins Township MI | 1,982 | $53K | 14.2% | 1.6% | 20% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hoisington, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Hoisington: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hoisington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoisington | – | D | B+ | 16 min | $52,277 |
| South Homestead Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| North Homestead Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. South Homestead Township and North Homestead Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hoisington’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 Hoisington: questions
What is the median household income in Hoisington?
$52,277 (±$10,522) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoisington?
16.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoisington?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoisington work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Great Bend (23%, 11 mi), Great Bend Township (5%, 9 mi), Wichita (5%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hoisington walkable?
Hoisington is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hoisington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hoisington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoisington
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.