Matfield Green has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
At home: 18% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%). 2 jobs are based in Matfield Green, against 20 working residents. Only 5% work in Matfield Green; the top destination outside it is Emporia (15%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Matfield Green
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32 people are in Matfield Green on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Matfield Green ends
Where Matfield Green clocks in
15% 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.
Matfield Green makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Matfield Green, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 2. 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 Matfield Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Matfield Green
of Matfield Green workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 18% 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.
The commute from Matfield Green, by distance
About 30% 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.
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 Matfield Green: questions
What is the median household income in Matfield Green?
$33,750 (±$23,680) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Matfield Green?
4.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Matfield Green work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporia (15%, 26 mi), Cottonwood Township (15%, 14 mi), Cottonwood Falls (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Matfield Green without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 41% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Matfield Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Matfield Green
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.