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Jobs & commute in Kelly

Earning a living in Kelly

Hardly any work in Kelly itself; outside it, Seneca draws the most (19%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kansas has 12%. Kelly has 21 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Kansas 11.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Kansas 3.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 21 working residents
Work from home
0%
Kansas 12% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Kelly on a workday afternoon

On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

21live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1
Workday0
1live here− 21head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Kelly on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 map

Commuting out of Kelly: the destinations

Scottsdale: 1 residents work here (5%)Bern: 1 residents work here (5%)Centralia: 1 residents work here (5%)Seneca: 4 residents work here (19%)Lawrence: 1 residents work here (5%)Shawnee: 1 residents work here (5%)Lenexa: 1 residents work here (5%)Overland Park: 1 residents work here (5%)Topeka: 4 residents work here (19%)St. Joseph: 1 residents work here (5%)KellySenecaTopekaScottsdaleBernCentraliaLawrenceKelly
1
Seneca7.9 mi away
19%4
2
Topeka51.2 mi away
19%4
3
Scottsdale, AZ971.1 mi away
5%1
4
Bern15.6 mi away
5%1
5
Centralia7 mi away
5%1
6
Lawrence66.5 mi away
5%1
7
Shawnee80.9 mi away
5%1
8
Lenexa83.2 mi away
5%1
9
Overland Park91.3 mi away
5%1
10
St. Joseph, MO62.7 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%5
The top trips

Where Kelly clocks in

19% of workers
7.9 mi awaySeneca4 Kelly residents work here · Jobs & commute →
19% of workers
51.2 mi awayTopeka4 Kelly residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
971.1 mi awayScottsdale, AZ1 Kelly residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Kelly

Working from home
0%

of Kelly workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Kelly gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 1 commuters (the 0% 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 far

How far Kelly’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSeneca: 19% · 7.9 miTopeka: 19% · 51.2 miScottsdale: 5% · 971.1 miBern: 5% · 15.6 miCentralia: 5% · 7 miLawrence: 5% · 66.5 miShawnee: 5% · 80.9 miLenexa: 5% · 83.2 miOverland Park: 5% · 91.3 miSt. Joseph: 5% · 62.7 miSeneca 19%Topeka 19%Scottsdale 5%Bern 5%Centralia 5%Kelly
KellyTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi6 residents
5%10–24 mi1 residents
10%25–50 mi2 residents
55%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 55% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Kelly: questions

What is the poverty rate in Kelly?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Kelly work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seneca (19%, 8 mi), Topeka (19%, 51 mi), Scottsdale (5%, 971 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Kelly without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Kelly, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Kelly

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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.