Wichita

City Commute Profile

Wichita, KS

Where Wichita’s 179,477 resident workers go each day — 67.5% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Overland Park.

KansasLODES 2023 data
79
Commute Score

79 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Wichita at a glance
Employed Residents
179,477
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
67.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Overland Park
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Wichita proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Wichita commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Wichita

179,477 commutes, one dot at a time

Wichita

Where 179,477 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Wichita, by worker count.

1Wichita0.0 mi121,133
2Overland Park167.6 mi2,862
3Derby10.1 mi2,791
4Topeka129.0 mi2,493
5Maize9.0 mi2,467
6Park City8.1 mi2,365
7Andover11.1 mi1,857
8Goddard12.7 mi1,599

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Wichita.

1Wichita0.0 mi121,133
2Derby10.1 mi5,753
3Andover11.1 mi4,013
4Haysville8.5 mi2,855
5Park City8.1 mi2,569
6Bel Aire7.1 mi2,433
7Valley Center10.2 mi2,012
8Newton24.6 mi1,926

Top industries

The sectors that employ Wichita’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.2%
RTRetail Trade12.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.3%
MFManufacturing10.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.1%
EDEducational Services6.8%
COConstruction5.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.3%
WSWholesale Trade3.7%

Wichita city profile

Who lives in Wichita — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
397,945
Median age
35.7yrs
Median household income
$64,620
Median home value
$190,800
Median gross rent
$975/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
31.1%
Poverty rate
15.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Wichita

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps35%
See all internet providers in Wichita

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).