Work & commute · La Cygne

Work & commute in La Cygne, KS

Most working residents leave La Cygne for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Olathe (10%), Paola (5%) and Lenexa (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

42 of 392 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 350 La Cygne residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Cygne.

350live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Cygne goes to work

La Cygne (in town)right here

11%42

Olathe37 mi away

10%39

Paola16.8 mi away

5%20

Lenexa42.7 mi away

5%19

Louisburg19.4 mi away

4%17

Arkansas City152.4 mi away

4%16

Wichita148 mi away

4%15

Lincoln4 mi away

4%14

Lawrence50.2 mi away

3%11

Topeka69.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%190

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

How far

How far La Cygne commutes

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

16%

17%

32%

34%

16%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Cygne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Cygne are

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

Jobs based in La Cygne

369 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs La Cygne residents hold

392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−7%

Jobs based in La Cygne, 2013 → 2023: 395 → 369. 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.