Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Newbury has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Newbury for work; outside it, Topeka is the main destination (27%, 26 miles). Newbury has 4 jobs, against 48 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, 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
The daily commute in and out of Newbury
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6 people are in Newbury on a workday afternoon, 88% 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 people from Newbury work
Where Newbury clocks in
27% of workers
21% 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 jobs make up 75% of work in Newbury
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newbury, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 4. 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 Newbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Newbury
of Newbury workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Newbury
About 15% 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 Newbury: questions
What is the poverty rate in Newbury?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Newbury work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (27%, 26 mi), Alma (21%, 8 mi), Wamego (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Newbury 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 Newbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newbury
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.