With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Mulvane works elsewhere
Employers in Mulvane report 1,067 jobs, against 2,865 working residents. The two grades for Mulvane are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in ten work in Mulvane; the top destination outside it is Wichita (42%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mulvane: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Mulvane than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mulvane fell from 2,078 in 2013 to 1,067 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
42% of Mulvane works in Wichita
1,201 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Wichita, 16 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Mulvane itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Mulvane earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mulvane is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #80 of 151 in Kansas. Job access by car holds Mulvane’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mulvane could be anywhere from C to A.
The kinds of work in Mulvane
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mulvane, 2013 → 2023: 2,078 → 1,067. 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 Mulvane’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Mulvane commutes to
Where Mulvane clocks in
42% 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.
Who works in Mulvane, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,604 residents head out to work, 261 work right here, and 806 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Mulvane on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes to work from Mulvane
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mulvane workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,427 commuters (the 9% 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 Mulvane’s workers travel
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.
In Mulvane, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mulvane is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #136 of 151 in Kansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,654 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.9% of Mulvane households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mulvane’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500, Mulvane ranks 1,798th of 3,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 124 | Pleasant Township KS | 5,459 | $113K | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 198 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 247 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,796 | Saratoga WI | 5,141 | $74K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| 1,797 | Bethalto IL | 9,202 | $65K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 8% | B− |
| 1,798 | Mulvane KS | 7,030 | $74K | 8.5% | 6.0% | 9% | B− |
| 1,799 | Johnstown NY | 8,021 | $64K | 8.4% | 3.1% | 22% | B− |
| 1,800 | Paris ME | 5,409 | $75K | 12.5% | 1.5% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Mulvane, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
The towns around Mulvane
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mulvane workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulvane | – | B− | C− | 20 min | $74,039 |
| Gore Township | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $70,078 |
| Belle Plaine Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 31 min | $91,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mulvane’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Mulvane: questions
What is the median household income in Mulvane?
$74,039 (±$9,665) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mulvane?
8.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mulvane?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mulvane work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (42%, 16 mi), Riverside Township (7%, 8 mi), Derby (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mulvane walkable?
Mulvane is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mulvane without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mulvane, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mulvane
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. 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.