Most of Ozawkie commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Ozawkie for work; outside it, Topeka is the main destination (42%, 19 miles). 30 jobs are based in Ozawkie; 302 of its residents have a job. 24% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Ozawkie apart
Ozawkie is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Ozawkie, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ozawkie has about 350 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
42% of Ozawkie works in Topeka
126 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Topeka, 19 miles away. That’s 42 times as many as work in Ozawkie itself. The commute map ↓
Ozawkie workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 302 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Ozawkie, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 299 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Ozawkie on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Where Ozawkie’s working residents head each day
Where Ozawkie 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.
Commuting from Ozawkie: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ozawkie workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 229 commuters (the 24% 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.
What Ozawkie’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ozawkie, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 30. 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 Ozawkie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Ozawkie
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 Ozawkie: questions
What is the median household income in Ozawkie?
$100,156 (±$15,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ozawkie?
0.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ozawkie?
33 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ozawkie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (42%, 19 mi), Lawrence (7%, 22 mi), Soldier Township (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ozawkie 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 Ozawkie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ozawkie
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.