Work & commute · Kickapoo

Work & commute in Kickapoo, KS

Most working residents leave Kickapoo for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Leavenworth (28%), Kansas City (7%) and Kansas City (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 783 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 738 Kickapoo residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kickapoo.

738live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kickapoo goes to work

Leavenworth5.3 mi away

28%222

Kansas City22.1 mi away

7%55

Kansas City, MO29.6 mi away

6%47

Kickapoo (in town)right here

6%45

Overland Park37.1 mi away

5%42

Topeka43.5 mi away

4%35

Lansing10.4 mi away

4%33

Atchison15.2 mi away

4%29

Olathe35 mi away

3%23

Lenexa29.8 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%232

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

How far

How far Kickapoo commutes

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

38%

15%

38%

38%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kickapoo is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kickapoo are

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

Jobs based in Kickapoo

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Kickapoo residents hold

783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−58%

Jobs based in Kickapoo, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 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.