Welda has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 2% work in Welda itself; outside it, Garnett draws the most (15%, 8 miles). There are 25 jobs in Welda, against 59 working residents. 35% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Welda for work, and who comes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Welda on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 people from Welda work
Where Welda clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
88% of the jobs in Welda pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Welda, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 25. 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 Welda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Welda
of Welda workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 commuters (the 35% 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.
Half of Welda commutes less than 31 miles
About 38% 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 Welda: questions
What is the median household income in Welda?
$78,112 (±$31,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Welda?
5.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Welda work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garnett (15%, 8 mi), Wichita (12%, 117 mi), Iola (10%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Welda without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Welda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Welda
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.