Most of Wheaton commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 40 minutes, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S. 1 jobs are based in Wheaton; 50 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Wheaton; the top destination outside it is Manhattan (28%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Wheaton by day
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61 people are in Wheaton 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Wheaton’s working residents head each day
Where Wheaton clocks in
28% 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.
The kinds of work in Wheaton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheaton, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 1. 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 Wheaton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Wheaton: about 40 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheaton workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wheaton
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 Wheaton: questions
What is the median household income in Wheaton?
$75,417 (±$42,696) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wheaton?
4.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheaton?
40 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheaton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manhattan (28%, 27 mi), Onaga (10%, 8 mi), Topeka (8%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wheaton 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 Wheaton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheaton
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.