Photo: Douglas McCleery · Public domainWabaunsee has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 16 jobs in Wabaunsee for 50 working residents. Hardly any work in Wabaunsee; the top destination outside it is Topeka (28%, 36 miles). 27% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wabaunsee by day and by night
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in Wabaunsee on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Wabaunsee ends
Where Wabaunsee clocks in
28% of workers
18% of workers
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 31% of Wabaunsee’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wabaunsee, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 16. 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 Wabaunsee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wabaunsee
of Wabaunsee workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 27% 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 it is to work from Wabaunsee
About 32% 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 Wabaunsee: questions
What is the median household income in Wabaunsee?
$74,886 (±$41,079) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wabaunsee?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wabaunsee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (28%, 36 mi), Manhattan (18%, 14 mi), St. Marys (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wabaunsee 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 Wabaunsee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wabaunsee
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.