Work & commute · Gardner

Work & commute in Gardner, KS

Most working residents leave Gardner for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Olathe (25%), Overland Park (15%) and Lenexa (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,232 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,204 Gardner residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 2,383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardner.

1,204live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

2,383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardner goes to work

Olathe8.5 mi away

25%306

Overland Park13.7 mi away

15%179

Lenexa14 mi away

11%134

Gardner2.5 mi away

9%105

Kansas City, MO30.5 mi away

6%75

Kansas City25.4 mi away

5%65

Shawnee17.4 mi away

3%40

Leawood17.3 mi away

2%28

Gardner (in town)right here

2%28

Lawrence23.4 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%246

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

How far

How far Gardner commutes

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

38%

44%

12%

38%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardner is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardner are

2,411 jobs are based in Gardner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gardner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gardner

2,411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Gardner residents hold

1,232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+11%

Jobs based in Gardner, 2013 → 2023: 2,176 → 2,411. 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.