Kenton has 2.8 jobs for every working resident: 14 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Kenton; the top destination outside it is Liberal (20%, 113 miles). Employers in Kenton report 14 jobs, against 5 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kenton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5 residents head out to work and none work right 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 Kenton’s workers come from
Where Kenton clocks in
20% of workers
20% 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.
Kenton is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kenton, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 14. 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 Kenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Kenton commutes
About 60% 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.
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 Kenton: questions
Where do people who live in Kenton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Liberal (20%, 113 mi), Wichita (20%, 313 mi), Keyes (20%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kenton
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.