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Jobs & commute in Champion

Making a living in Champion

Champion has 38 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any work in Champion itself; outside it, Imperial draws the most (39%, 6 miles).

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

0 jobs based here
Work in town
0%
0 of 38 working residents
Day and night

In and out of Champion on a workday

On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

38live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Champion: the destinations

Holyoke: 1 residents work here (3%)Yuma: 1 residents work here (3%)Lincoln Center: 1 residents work here (3%)Edison: 1 residents work here (3%)Wauneta: 2 residents work here (5%)Hershey: 1 residents work here (3%)Cambridge: 1 residents work here (3%)Humboldt: 1 residents work here (3%)Imperial: 15 residents work here (39%)Ogallala: 1 residents work here (3%)ChampionImperialWaunetaHolyokeYumaLincoln CenterEdisonChampion
1
Imperial6.4 mi away
39%15
2
Wauneta20 mi away
5%2
3
Holyoke, CO30 mi away
3%1
4
Yuma, CO56.5 mi away
3%1
5
Lincoln Center, KS215.1 mi away
3%1
6
Edison104.5 mi away
3%1
7
Hershey61.6 mi away
3%1
8
Cambridge84.1 mi away
3%1
9
Humboldt306.3 mi away
3%1
10
Ogallala45.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%13
The top trips

Where Champion clocks in

39%Imperial
39% of workers
6.4 mi awayImperial15 Champion residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%Wauneta
5% of workers
20 mi awayWauneta2 Champion residents work here · Jobs & commute →
3% of workers
30 mi awayHolyoke, CO1 Champion residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Champion

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miImperial: 39% · 6.4 miWauneta: 5% · 20 miHolyoke: 3% · 30 miYuma: 3% · 56.5 miLincoln Center: 3% · 215.1 miEdison: 3% · 104.5 miHershey: 3% · 61.6 miCambridge: 3% · 84.1 miHumboldt: 3% · 306.3 miOgallala: 3% · 45.5 miImperial 39%Wauneta 5%Holyoke 3%Yuma 3%Lincoln Center 3%Champion
ChampionTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi19 residents
16%10–24 mi6 residents
5%25–50 mi2 residents
29%Over 50 mi11 residents

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 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 Champion: questions

Where do people who live in Champion work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Imperial (39%, 6 mi), Wauneta (5%, 20 mi), Holyoke (3%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Champion, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Champion

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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.