Shafer Barn · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Household incomes in Hoxie trail those of 63% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Hoxie; the top destination outside it is Colby (5%, 32 miles). 8.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.3% for Kansas as a whole. For jobs and income Hoxie is better than 25% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hoxie: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
Commutes from Hoxie are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 20 across Kansas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kansas worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 560 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Hoxie: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Hoxie’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Hoxie’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hoxie could be anywhere from D to B−.
The distance from Hoxie to work
About 33% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The trip to work from Hoxie: about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoxie workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 460 commuters (the 12% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 363 residents head out to work, 197 work right here, and 426 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 (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Hoxie to work: where people go
Where Hoxie clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
The 623 jobs based in Hoxie
623 jobs are based in Hoxie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoxie, 2014 → 2024: 703 → 623. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hoxie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Hoxie start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 525 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). 3.9% of Hoxie households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hoxie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Hoxie ranks 2,689th 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% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,687 | Victory Township MI | 1,415 | $66K | 9.4% | 8.2% | 4% | C− |
| 2,688 | Edson WI | 1,121 | $81K | 19.9% | 2.1% | 1% | C− |
| 2,689 | Hoxie KS | 1,188 | $67K | 8.6% | 0.6% | 35% | C− |
| 2,690 | Clear Lake WI | 1,100 | $74K | 17.3% | 5.3% | 12% | C− |
| 2,691 | New Haven Township MI | 1,049 | $70K | 10.5% | 3.2% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Hoxie, 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 2024, 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 Hoxie: questions
What is the median household income in Hoxie?
$67,054 (±$18,305) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoxie?
8.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoxie?
11 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoxie work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colby (5%, 32 mi), Selden (3%, 14 mi), Hays (3%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hoxie walkable?
Hoxie is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hoxie 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 Hoxie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoxie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.