Work & commute · Edgerton

Work & commute in Edgerton, KS

Most working residents leave Edgerton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Olathe (25%), Overland Park (14%) and Gardner (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 930 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 910 Edgerton residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 2,312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgerton.

910live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

2,312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgerton goes to work

Olathe11 mi away

25%235

Overland Park16.9 mi away

14%130

Gardner3.4 mi away

10%96

Lenexa16.1 mi away

9%87

Kansas City, MO33.2 mi away

6%56

Kansas City27.2 mi away

4%37

Shawnee19.2 mi away

3%32

Edgerton (in town)right here

2%20

Lawrence20.8 mi away

2%18

Leawood20.6 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%205

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

How far

How far Edgerton commutes

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

18%

60%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgerton is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgerton are

2,332 jobs are based in Edgerton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edgerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edgerton

2,332 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Edgerton residents hold

930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1602%

Jobs based in Edgerton, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 2,332. 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.