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Jobs & commute in St. Marks

For about three in four of its working residents, St. Marks is a commute to Wichita

Hardly any stay in St. Marks for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (73%, 12 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. The Census job records count 59 working residents of St. Marks and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

St. Marks by day and by night

On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

59live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday97
160live here− 59head out to work+ 0come in to work= 97on a workday

About 97 people are in St. Marks on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from St. Marks ends

Andale: 1 residents work here (2%)North Newton: 1 residents work here (2%)Cheney: 1 residents work here (2%)Eureka: 1 residents work here (2%)Maize: 1 residents work here (2%)Park City: 1 residents work here (2%)Wichita: 43 residents work here (73%)Topeka: 1 residents work here (2%)Olathe: 2 residents work here (3%)Riverside Township: 3 residents work here (5%)St. MarksWichitaRiverside TownshipOlatheAndaleNorth NewtonCheneySt. Marks
1
Wichita12 mi away
73%43
2
Riverside Township18.1 mi away
5%3
3
Olathe168.2 mi away
3%2
4
Andale5.2 mi away
2%1
5
North Newton26.1 mi away
2%1
6
Cheney14 mi away
2%1
7
Eureka69.6 mi away
2%1
8
Maize6 mi away
2%1
9
Park City13.6 mi away
2%1
10
Topeka134.9 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
7%4
The top trips

Where St. Marks clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in St. Marks

Working from home
0%

of St. Marks workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How St. Marks gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 67 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.

How far

Miles to work from St. Marks

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWichita: 73% · 12 miRiverside Township: 5% · 18.1 miOlathe: 3% · 168.2 miAndale: 2% · 5.2 miNorth Newton: 2% · 26.1 miCheney: 2% · 14 miEureka: 2% · 69.6 miMaize: 2% · 6 miPark City: 2% · 13.6 miTopeka: 2% · 134.9 miWichita 73%Riverside Township 5%Olathe 3%Andale 2%North Newton 2%St. Marks
St. MarksTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi10 residents
71%10–24 mi42 residents
2%25–50 mi1 residents
10%Over 50 mi6 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in St. Marks: questions

What is the poverty rate in St. Marks?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in St. Marks work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around St. Marks 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 St. Marks, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of St. Marks

St. Marks home →

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.