Work & commute · Edwardsville

Work & commute in Edwardsville, KS

Most working residents leave Edwardsville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (21%), Overland Park (12%) and Kansas City (11%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 1,864 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,745 Edwardsville residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 4,354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwardsville.

1,745live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

4,354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edwardsville goes to work

Kansas City5.1 mi away

21%393

Overland Park14.8 mi away

12%215

Kansas City, MO14.8 mi away

11%201

Lenexa7.8 mi away

9%167

Olathe13.6 mi away

7%137

Edwardsville (in town)right here

6%119

Bonner Springs2.8 mi away

5%87

Shawnee4.3 mi away

5%84

Merriam7.9 mi away

2%34

Topeka47.2 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%397

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

How far

How far Edwardsville commutes

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

40%

48%

40%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edwardsville is a job hub

2.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwardsville are

4,473 jobs are based in Edwardsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edwardsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edwardsville

4,473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Edwardsville residents hold

1,864 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+6%

Jobs based in Edwardsville, 2013 → 2023: 4,218 → 4,473. 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.