Work & commute · Allen

Work & commute in Allen, KS

Most working residents leave Allen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Emporia (41%), Wichita (13%) and Overland Park (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Allen residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allen.

67live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allen goes to work

Emporia17.5 mi away

41%28

Wichita92.5 mi away

13%9

Overland Park81.3 mi away

4%3

Americus11.4 mi away

3%2

Herington34.5 mi away

3%2

Manhattan43.7 mi away

3%2

Lawrence53 mi away

3%2

Topeka36.6 mi away

3%2

Burlingame19.4 mi away

3%2

Pike19.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%14

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Allen commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

12%

32%

1%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allen is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Allen are

24 jobs are based in Allen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allen

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Allen residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+14%

Jobs based in Allen, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 24. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.