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Jobs & commute in Willowbrook

Willowbrook has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

At home: 24% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%). 1 jobs are based in Willowbrook for 41 working residents. Hardly any work in Willowbrook; the top destination outside it is Hutchinson (41%, 5 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Willowbrook on a workday afternoon

On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

41live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night72
Workday32
72live here− 41head out to work+ 1come in to work= 32on a workday

About 32 people are in Willowbrook on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Willowbrook ends

WillowbrookCunningham: 1 residents work here (2%)Sterling: 1 residents work here (2%)South Hutchinson: 5 residents work here (12%)Pratt: 1 residents work here (2%)McPherson: 1 residents work here (2%)Pittsburg: 1 residents work here (2%)Liberal: 1 residents work here (2%)Hutchinson: 17 residents work here (41%)Lenexa: 1 residents work here (2%)Wichita: 2 residents work here (5%)HutchinsonSouth HutchinsonWichitaCunninghamSterlingPrattWillowbrook
1
Hutchinson5.2 mi away
41%17
212%5
3
Wichita45.2 mi away
5%2
4
Cunningham39.6 mi away
2%1
5
Sterling13.8 mi away
2%1
6
Pratt50.5 mi away
2%1
7
McPherson25.7 mi away
2%1
8
Pittsburg186.1 mi away
2%1
9
Liberal176.5 mi away
2%1
10
Lenexa182.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%10
The top trips

Where Willowbrook clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in WillowbrookJobs Willowbrook residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%34%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices100%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%29%
Over $3,333 a month100%54%

Who does it

29 or younger0%17%
30 to 54100%56%
55 and older0%27%
−50%

Jobs based in Willowbrook, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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 Willowbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Willowbrook: about 14 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
109 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Willowbrook14 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
24%

of Willowbrook workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Willowbrook gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 13 commuters (the 24% 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

Willowbrook’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHutchinson: 41% · 5.2 miSouth Hutchinson: 12% · 6 miWichita: 5% · 45.2 miCunningham: 2% · 39.6 miSterling: 2% · 13.8 miPratt: 2% · 50.5 miMcPherson: 2% · 25.7 miPittsburg: 2% · 186.1 miLiberal: 2% · 176.5 miLenexa: 2% · 182.3 miHutchinson 41%South Hutchinson 12%Wichita 5%Cunningham 2%Sterling 2%Willowbrook
WillowbrookTop destinations (size = commuters)
61%Under 10 mi25 residents
7%10–24 mi3 residents
17%25–50 mi7 residents
15%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 15% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Willowbrook: questions

What is the median household income in Willowbrook?

$142,500 (±$80,975) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Willowbrook?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Willowbrook?

14 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Willowbrook work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (41%, 5 mi), South Hutchinson (12%, 6 mi), Wichita (5%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Willowbrook 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 Willowbrook, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Willowbrook

Willowbrook home →

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.