Making a living in Piqua
Piqua has 26 jobs; 40 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 22% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Hardly any stay in Piqua for work; outside it, Yates Center is the main destination (8%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Piqua, and who commutes in
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in Piqua on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Piqua commutes to
Where Piqua clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Piqua: what the 26 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piqua, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 26. 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 Piqua’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Piqua
of Piqua workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 22% 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 Piqua commutes less than 49 miles
About 50% 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 Piqua: questions
What is the median household income in Piqua?
$61,000 (±$56,385) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piqua?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Piqua work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yates Center (8%, 12 mi), Toronto (5%, 24 mi), Iola (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Piqua without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 39% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piqua, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piqua
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.