Somerset has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
40% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Kansas. 11 jobs are based in Somerset; 49 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Somerset; the top destination outside it is Overland Park (20%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Somerset on a workday
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2 people are in Somerset on a workday afternoon, 95% 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 the trip to work from Somerset ends
Where Somerset clocks in
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.
Somerset works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somerset, 2014 → 2024: 18 → 11. 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 Somerset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Somerset
of Somerset workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 40% 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.
Where in the region Somerset works
About 18% 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 Somerset: questions
What is the poverty rate in Somerset?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Somerset work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Overland Park (20%, 20 mi), Olathe (10%, 19 mi), Paola (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Somerset 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 Somerset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Somerset
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.