With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Murdock works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Murdock for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (30%, 32 miles). There are 3 jobs in Murdock; 23 of its residents have a job. 37% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Murdock, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12 people are in Murdock on a workday afternoon, 63% 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.
Commuting out of Murdock: the destinations
Where Murdock clocks in
30% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Murdock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Murdock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Murdock
of Murdock workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 37% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Murdock
About 26% 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.
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 Murdock: questions
What is the poverty rate in Murdock?
68.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Murdock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (30%, 32 mi), Cheney (13%, 8 mi), Hays (9%, 116 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Murdock 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 Murdock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Murdock
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.