Neosho Falls has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 8 jobs in Neosho Falls; 57 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Neosho Falls itself; outside it, Wichita draws the most (12%, 100 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Neosho Falls: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 90 people are in Neosho Falls on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Neosho Falls goes to work
Where Neosho Falls clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Making and building: 75% of jobs based in Neosho Falls
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neosho Falls, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 8. 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 Neosho Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neosho Falls workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Neosho Falls
About 48% 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 Neosho Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Neosho Falls?
$39,583 (±$20,144) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neosho Falls?
20.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neosho Falls?
32 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neosho Falls work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (12%, 100 mi), Yates Center (11%, 14 mi), Iola (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Neosho Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Neosho Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neosho Falls
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.