Work & commute · Homewood

Work & commute in Homewood, KS

Most working residents leave Homewood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (18%), Overland Park (8%) and Lenexa (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 259 Homewood residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homewood.

259live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homewood goes to work

Ottawa9.4 mi away

18%47

Overland Park46.1 mi away

8%20

Lenexa44.8 mi away

7%18

Olathe40.3 mi away

6%16

Kansas City55.1 mi away

4%11

Lawrence32.2 mi away

4%10

Topeka40.3 mi away

4%10

Pomona8.3 mi away

3%8

Kansas City, MO62.3 mi away

3%8

Baldwin City21.8 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%104

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

How far

How far Homewood commutes

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

22%

14%

41%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homewood is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Homewood are

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

Jobs based in Homewood

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Homewood residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Homewood, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 13. 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.