Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, KS

Most working residents leave Auburn for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (54%), Mission (5%) and Lawrence (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 557 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 543 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

543live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Topeka10.9 mi away

54%302

Mission6.5 mi away

5%26

Lawrence29.8 mi away

3%17

Wichita118.3 mi away

3%15

Dover9.4 mi away

3%15

Auburn (in town)right here

3%14

Overland Park60.5 mi away

2%13

Topeka9.6 mi away

2%12

Soldier19 mi away

2%12

Olathe53.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%120

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

How far

How far Auburn commutes

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

30%

44%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

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

Jobs based in Auburn

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+75%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 210. 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.