Photo: Eric Friedebach · CC BY 2.0Jobs and earnings in Zenda, and the trip to work
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Hardly any work in Zenda itself; outside it, Cunningham draws the most (20%, 16 miles). The trip to work takes 39 minutes on average, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Zenda quiets down on a workday
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 60 people are in Zenda on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Zenda’s working residents head each day
Where Zenda clocks in
20% of workers
16% of workers
12% 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.
Inside Zenda’s 17 jobs
17 jobs are based in Zenda.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Zenda, 2014 → 2024: 72 → 17. 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 Zenda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 39 minutes each way for Zenda’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Zenda workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 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 many miles Zenda commutes
About 29% 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 Zenda: questions
What is the median household income in Zenda?
$53,000 (±$19,412) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Zenda?
3.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Zenda?
39 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Zenda work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cunningham (20%, 16 mi), Kingman (16%, 17 mi), Wichita (12%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Zenda 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 Zenda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zenda
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.