A job hub: Susank has 5.2 jobs per working resident, and 65 people come in to work
67 jobs are based in Susank, and 13 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven work in Susank itself; outside it, Great Bend draws the most (31%, 20 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Susank
On a workday 11 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 83 people are in Susank on a workday afternoon, 186% more than live here.
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 Susank’s workers come from
Where Susank clocks in
31% of workers
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.
Most jobs in Susank are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Susank, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 67. 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 Susank’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Susank
of Susank workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 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 Susank goes to work
About 31% 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 Susank: questions
What is the median household income in Susank?
$72,500 (±$18,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Susank?
6.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Susank work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Great Bend (31%, 20 mi), Larned (8%, 36 mi), Hays (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Susank 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 Susank, from the people who make the trip.
More of Susank
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.