Photo: Eric Friedebach · CC BY 2.0There are 2.1 jobs in Spivey for every working resident, and 56 people commute in
Hardly any work in Spivey itself; outside it, Wichita draws the most (15%, 48 miles). There are 56 jobs in Spivey; 27 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Spivey: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 27 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 86 people are in Spivey on a workday afternoon, 51% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Spivey, and from where
Where Spivey clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
36% of the jobs in Spivey make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spivey, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 56. 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 Spivey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Spivey: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spivey workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Spivey
About 35% 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 Spivey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Spivey?
2.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spivey?
39 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spivey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (15%, 48 mi), Pratt (11%, 37 mi), Cunningham (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spivey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spivey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spivey
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.