Most of Mound Valley commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Mound Valley itself; outside it, Parsons draws the most (34%, 12 miles). Mound Valley has 12 jobs, and 118 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 15 minutes each way, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mound Valley quiets down on a workday
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Mound Valley on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The towns that employ Mound Valley’s residents
Where Mound Valley clocks in
34% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Mound Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mound Valley, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 12. 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 Mound Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mound Valley workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 16% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mound Valley
About 27% 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 Mound Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Mound Valley?
$36,917 (±$17,165) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mound Valley?
23.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mound Valley?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mound Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parsons (34%, 12 mi), Altamont (8%, 6 mi), Oswego (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mound Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mound Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mound Valley
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.