Work & commute · Dragoon

Work & commute in Dragoon, KS

Most working residents leave Dragoon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (12%), Emporia (8%) and Lawrence (8%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 93 Dragoon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dragoon.

93live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dragoon goes to work

Topeka23.2 mi away

12%11

Emporia29 mi away

8%7

Lawrence35.1 mi away

8%7

Osage City5.8 mi away

5%5

Ottawa32.1 mi away

4%4

Lyndon11 mi away

3%3

Burlington36.5 mi away

3%3

Overland Park63 mi away

3%3

Hampden37.2 mi away

3%3

Topeka20.4 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%44

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

How far

How far Dragoon commutes

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

11%

28%

35%

26%

11%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dragoon is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dragoon are

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

Jobs based in Dragoon

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less60%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Dragoon residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+11%

Jobs based in Dragoon, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 10. 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.