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Jobs & commute in Kipp

About half of Kipp’s working residents commute to Salina

Hardly any work in Kipp; the top destination outside it is Salina (46%, 9 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. 67 jobs are based in Kipp; 26 of its residents have a job.

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

Day and night

How many people are in Kipp by day

On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.

26live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
67work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday170
130live here− 26head out to work+ 67come in to work= 170on a workday

About 170 people are in Kipp on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.58jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 in to Kipp: where workers come from

Carlton: 1 workers live here (1%)Lehigh: 1 workers live here (1%)Tescott: 1 workers live here (1%)Solomon: 2 workers live here (3%)Chapman: 1 workers live here (1%)Wellsville: 1 workers live here (1%)BeloitMcPhersonJunction CitySalina: 38 workers live here (57%)HutchinsonManhattan: 2 workers live here (3%)WichitaKansas City: 2 workers live here (3%)Smoky Hill TownshipYoder TownshipMcPherson TownshipSmolan Township: 2 workers live here (3%)KippSalinaSolomonManhattanKansas CitySmolan TownshipCarltonKipp
1
Salina8.7 mi away
57%38
2
Solomon10.5 mi away
3%2
3
Manhattan53.5 mi away
3%2
4
Kansas City147.7 mi away
3%2
5
Smolan Township11.4 mi away
3%2
6
Carlton11.1 mi away
1%1
7
Lehigh29.6 mi away
1%1
8
Tescott27.6 mi away
1%1
9
Chapman26.7 mi away
1%1
10
Wellsville128.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%16
The top trips

Where Kipp clocks in

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.

The jobs

94% of the jobs in Kipp make or build things

Jobs based in KippJobs Kipp residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms94%27%
Trade, transport & utilities1%27%
Services: health, schools, offices4%46%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less1%4%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%23%
Over $3,333 a month85%73%

Who does it

29 or younger15%23%
30 to 5458%46%
55 and older27%31%
+49%

Jobs based in Kipp, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 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 Kipp’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Kipp

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 94 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kipp

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSalina: 46% · 8.7 miSmolan Township: 15% · 11.4 miMcPherson: 8% · 30.8 miMcPherson Township: 8% · 28.5 miBeloit: 4% · 58.5 miJunction City: 4% · 36.6 miHutchinson: 4% · 55.5 miWichita: 4% · 75.9 miSmoky Hill Township: 4% · 11.1 miYoder Township: 4% · 61.2 miSalina 46%Smolan Township 15%McPherson 8%McPherson Township 8%Beloit 4%Kipp
KippTop destinations (size = commuters)
54%Under 10 mi14 residents
12%10–24 mi3 residents
19%25–50 mi5 residents
15%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 15% 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 Kipp: questions

What is the poverty rate in Kipp?

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

Where do people who live in Kipp work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Kipp 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 Kipp, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Kipp

Kipp home →

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.