Photo: them boxes · CC BY 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Paxico works elsewhere
Working residents average 29 minutes each way; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26. Paxico has 27 jobs; 77 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Paxico; the top destination outside it is Topeka (23%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Paxico
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Paxico on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
The places Paxico commutes to
Where Paxico clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
What Paxico’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paxico, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 27. 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 Paxico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Paxico: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paxico workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 92 commuters (the 7% 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.
The distance from Paxico to work
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 Paxico: questions
What is the median household income in Paxico?
$68,438 (±$22,529) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paxico?
2.4%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paxico?
29 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paxico work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (23%, 25 mi), Alma (10%, 7 mi), St. Marys (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paxico 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 Paxico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paxico
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.