Work & commute · Baldwin

Work & commute in Baldwin, KS

Most working residents leave Baldwin for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (17%), Overland Park (9%) and Topeka (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

322 of 2,162 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,840 Baldwin residents head out of town to work, 322 work right here, and 1,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baldwin.

1,840live here, work elsewhere

322live and work here

1,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baldwin goes to work

Lawrence13.3 mi away

17%376

Baldwin City (in town)right here

15%322

Overland Park27.8 mi away

9%189

Topeka32.6 mi away

7%151

Olathe21.1 mi away

7%145

Lenexa24.4 mi away

6%123

Kansas City, MO41.8 mi away

4%77

Kansas City33.8 mi away

3%70

Ottawa13 mi away

3%66

Palmyra2.6 mi away

3%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%583

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

How far

How far Baldwin commutes

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

20%

38%

34%

20%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baldwin is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baldwin are

1,601 jobs are based in Baldwin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baldwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baldwin

1,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Baldwin residents hold

2,162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+5%

Jobs based in Baldwin, 2013 → 2023: 1,527 → 1,601. 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.