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Work & commute in De Soto, KS

Most working residents leave De Soto for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Overland Park (15%), Olathe (13%) and Lenexa (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
448 of 2,961 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,513 De Soto residents head out of town to work, 448 work right here, and 2,842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Soto.

2,513live here, work elsewhere
448live and work here
2,842work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where De Soto goes to work

EudoraMerriamLeawoodBonner SpringsDe SotoLawrenceShawneeLenexaOverland ParkKansas CityOlatheKansas CityShermanLexingtonOverland ParkOlatheLenexaKansas CityKansas CityShawneeMerriamLawrenceLeawoodDe Soto
1
De Soto (in town)right here
15%448
2
Overland Park16.4 mi away
15%435
3
Olathe10 mi away
13%384
4
Lenexa9.9 mi away
11%316
5
Kansas City, MO26.5 mi away
7%217
6
Kansas City18 mi away
6%184
7
Shawnee11 mi away
6%170
8
Merriam16.5 mi away
2%62
9
Lawrence15 mi away
2%51
10
Leawood19.6 mi away
2%47
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%647

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

How far

How far De Soto commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
58%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
6%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

De Soto is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in De Soto are

3,290 jobs are based in De Soto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs De Soto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in De Soto

3,290 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs De Soto residents hold

2,961 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+13%

Jobs based in De Soto, 2013 → 2023: 2,921 → 3,290. 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.

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