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Work & commute in Easton · Balanced

99% of Easton’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Easton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Leavenworth (29%), Kansas City (9%) and Overland Park (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Work in town
1%
1 of 93 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
31 min
More than KS (20 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than KS (12%)
Jobs based here
77
Balanced

What kind of work town is Easton?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

29% of working residents work in Leavenworth

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

RochesterEastonMerriam: 2 residents work here (2%)Atchison: 3 residents work here (3%)Lansing: 4 residents work here (4%)GardnerLeavenworth: 27 residents work here (29%)Lenexa: 2 residents work here (2%)Overland Park: 5 residents work here (5%)Topeka: 4 residents work here (4%)Kansas City: 8 residents work here (9%)St. Joseph: 3 residents work here (3%)Kansas City: 4 residents work here (4%)Mount PleasantEastonKickapooDelawareLeavenworthKansas CityOverland ParkLansingTopekaKansas CityEaston
1
Leavenworth10.4 mi away
29%27
2
Kansas City25.3 mi away
9%8
3
Overland Park39 mi away
5%5
4
Lansing13.7 mi away
4%4
5
Topeka37.7 mi away
4%4
6
Kansas City, MO33.9 mi away
4%4
7
Atchison15 mi away
3%3
8
St. Joseph, MO32.7 mi away
3%3
9
Merriam32 mi away
2%2
10
Lenexa31.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%31
The top trips

Where Easton clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
241 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Easton31 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Easton workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.

92live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
76work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night300
Workday280
300live here− 92head out to work+ 76come in to work= 280on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.83jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Easton commutes less than 26 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi45 miLeavenworth: 29% · 10.4 miKansas City: 9% · 25.3 miOverland Park: 5% · 39 miLansing: 4% · 13.7 miTopeka: 4% · 37.7 miKansas City: 4% · 33.9 miAtchison: 3% · 15 miSt. Joseph: 3% · 32.7 miMerriam: 2% · 32 miLenexa: 2% · 31.2 miLeavenworth 29%Kansas City 9%Overland Park 5%Lansing 4%Topeka 4%Easton
EastonTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi5 residents
43%10–24 mi40 residents
43%25–50 mi40 residents
8%Over 50 mi7 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 77 jobs in Easton are

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

Jobs based in EastonJobs Easton residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%27%
Trade, transport & utilities26%12%
Services: health, schools, offices74%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less34%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%20%
Over $3,333 a month31%67%

Who does it

29 or younger36%18%
30 to 5443%52%
55 and older21%30%
+670%

Jobs based in Easton, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 77. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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