Work & commute · Lakin

Work & commute in Lakin, KS

Most working residents leave Lakin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (15%), Halstead (13%) and Hutchinson (13%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 166 Lakin residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakin.

166live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakin goes to work

Wichita21.1 mi away

15%25

Halstead3.7 mi away

13%21

Hutchinson21.5 mi away

13%21

Newton12 mi away

12%20

Burrton8.7 mi away

4%7

South Hutchinson22.6 mi away

3%5

Hesston14.2 mi away

3%5

Valley Center12.5 mi away

3%5

Moundridge17.1 mi away

2%4

Topeka124.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%50

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

How far

How far Lakin commutes

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

19%

57%

11%

13%

19%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakin is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakin are

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

Jobs based in Lakin

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lakin residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+143%

Jobs based in Lakin, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 17. 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.