Moundridge has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 1,586 people commute in to work
1,741 jobs are based in Moundridge for 830 working residents. Jobs and income earn Moundridge C+; getting around on foot earns it B. 2% of workers have no commute at all; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Moundridge, in a few figures
Moundridge is where the jobs are
Moundridge has 1,741 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,900 people are in town, 47% more than the 1,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
The biggest group of Moundridge’s workers comes from Hutchinson
161 of the people who work in Moundridge live in Hutchinson, 23 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Moundridge makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Moundridge are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Moundridge residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
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 830 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Moundridge earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Moundridge is better than 44% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Moundridge’s grade up (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($67,500, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Moundridge’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Moundridge could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How a workday changes Moundridge
On a workday 675 residents head out to work and 155 work right here.
About 2,900 people are in Moundridge on a workday afternoon, 47% more 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 send workers to Moundridge
Where Moundridge clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
In Moundridge, 45% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moundridge, 2014 → 2024: 1,118 → 1,741. 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 Moundridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Moundridge, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moundridge workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 652 commuters (the 2% 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 many miles Moundridge commutes
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.
In Moundridge, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moundridge is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Moundridge near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 662 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). 5.2% of Moundridge households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moundridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Moundridge places 2,421st of 5,234 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,419 | South Canaan Township PA | 1,873 | $77K | 11.4% | 8.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,420 | Merrionette Park IL | 1,915 | $57K | 8.0% | 12.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,421 | Moundridge KS | 1,939 | $68K | 8.9% | 2.6% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,422 | South Hutchinson KS | 2,516 | $50K | 13.7% | 1.7% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,423 | Blue River Township IN | 2,025 | $64K | 4.5% | 10.2% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Moundridge, 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 Moundridge: questions
What is the median household income in Moundridge?
$67,500 (±$14,163) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moundridge?
8.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moundridge?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moundridge work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McPherson (14%, 14 mi), Wichita (7%, 37 mi), McPherson Township (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Moundridge walkable?
Moundridge is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moundridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moundridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moundridge
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.