Most of Pilsen commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Pilsen has 1 jobs for 29 working residents. Hardly any stay in Pilsen for work; outside it, Lost Springs is the main destination (7%, 8 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pilsen on a workday afternoon
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in Pilsen on a workday afternoon, 55% 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 Pilsen’s working residents head each day
Where Pilsen clocks in
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.
What Pilsen’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pilsen, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 1. 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 Pilsen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pilsen
of Pilsen workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 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.
Half of Pilsen commutes less than 15 miles
About 29% 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 Pilsen: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pilsen?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pilsen work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lost Springs (7%, 8 mi), Hillsboro (7%, 12 mi), King City Township (7%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pilsen 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 Pilsen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pilsen
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.