Work & commute · Kanwaka

Work & commute in Kanwaka, KS

Most working residents leave Kanwaka for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (38%), Topeka (8%) and Overland Park (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 597 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 583 Kanwaka residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kanwaka.

583live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kanwaka goes to work

Lawrence8.1 mi away

38%225

Topeka16 mi away

8%47

Overland Park39.3 mi away

7%41

Olathe32.5 mi away

5%30

Kansas City, MO47.9 mi away

4%24

Lenexa32.9 mi away

4%23

Baldwin City17.4 mi away

3%19

Kansas City38 mi away

3%16

Kanwaka (in town)right here

2%14

Wichita136.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%148

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

How far

How far Kanwaka commutes

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

40%

23%

30%

40%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kanwaka is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kanwaka are

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

Jobs based in Kanwaka

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Kanwaka residents hold

597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+70%

Jobs based in Kanwaka, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 196. 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.