Work & commute · La Harpe

Work & commute in La Harpe, KS

Most working residents leave La Harpe for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Iola (28%), Humboldt (8%) and Chanute (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 221 La Harpe residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Harpe.

221live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Harpe goes to work

Iola5.4 mi away

28%63

Humboldt10.2 mi away

8%18

Chanute19.2 mi away

5%12

Wichita112.8 mi away

4%10

Pittsburg48 mi away

4%8

La Harpe (in town)right here

3%6

Fort Scott33.2 mi away

3%6

Arkansas City111.5 mi away

3%6

Topeka80.1 mi away

3%6

Burlington30.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%87

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

How far

How far La Harpe commutes

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

40%

12%

17%

30%

40%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Harpe is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Harpe are

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

Jobs based in La Harpe

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs La Harpe residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+58%

Jobs based in La Harpe, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 38. 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.