Work & commute · Centropolis

Work & commute in Centropolis, KS

Most working residents leave Centropolis for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (16%), Lenexa (10%) and Overland Park (8%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 51 Centropolis residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centropolis.

51live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centropolis goes to work

Ottawa9.6 mi away

16%8

Lenexa33.9 mi away

10%5

Overland Park37.4 mi away

8%4

Topeka28.7 mi away

8%4

Shawnee35.8 mi away

6%3

Overbrook11.9 mi away

4%2

Pomona9.4 mi away

4%2

Lawrence17.2 mi away

4%2

Olathe30.6 mi away

4%2

Strong City67.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%18

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

How far

How far Centropolis commutes

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

18%

16%

51%

16%

18%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centropolis is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Centropolis are

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

Jobs based in Centropolis

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Centropolis residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−67%

Jobs based in Centropolis, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 1. 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.