Jobs, income and commuting in Stark, KS
The Census job records count 18 working residents of Stark and no jobs based in it. Hardly any stay in Stark for work; outside it, Parsons is the main destination (22%, 26 miles). Working residents average 65 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Stark
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Stark on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Stark ends
Where Stark clocks in
22% of workers
11% 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.
About 65 minutes each way for Stark’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 20.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stark workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stark
About 17% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Stark workers work outside Kansas. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Stark: questions
What is the median household income in Stark?
$93,750 (±$62,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stark?
15.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stark?
65 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stark work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parsons (22%, 26 mi), Erie (11%, 10 mi), Chanute (11%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stark without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stark
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.