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Work & commute · La Crosse

Work & commute in La Crosse, KS

About one in 4 of La Crosse’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hays (11%), Great Bend (9%) and La Crosse-Brookdale (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
27%
130 of 489 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 359 La Crosse residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Crosse.

359live here, work elsewhere
130live and work here
352work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Crosse goes to work

SusankBisonAlexanderRush CenterOtisMcCrackenLa CrosseHoisingtonEllisHaysGreat BendSalinaWichitaLa Crosse-BrookdaleHampton-FairviewGarfieldCenterHaysGreat BendLa Crosse-BrookdaleWichitaSusankHoisingtonCenterRush CenterSalinaLa Crosse
1
La Crosse (in town)right here
27%130
2
Hays24.2 mi away
11%53
3
Great Bend30.1 mi away
9%44
4
La Crosse-Brookdale3.5 mi away
8%38
5
Wichita121.5 mi away
4%18
6
Susank29.9 mi away
2%10
7
Hoisington28.8 mi away
2%10
8
Center8.1 mi away
2%10
9
Rush Center4.6 mi away
1%7
10
Salina93.5 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%162

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

How far

How far La Crosse commutes

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

40%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Crosse is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Crosse are

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

Jobs based in La Crosse

482 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs La Crosse residents hold

489 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month43%
−21%

Jobs based in La Crosse, 2013 → 2023: 611 → 482. 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.

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