Work & commute · Lakin

Work & commute in Lakin, KS

About one in 3 of Lakin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lakin (27%), Garden City (10%) and Sherlock (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

267 of 820 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 553 Lakin residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 588 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakin.

553live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

588work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakin goes to work

Lakin4 mi away

27%223

Garden City22.9 mi away

10%82

Sherlock12.7 mi away

6%47

Deerfield6.1 mi away

6%47

Lakin (in town)right here

5%44

Deerfield7.6 mi away

4%33

Garden City20.6 mi away

3%25

Southside10.6 mi away

3%23

Wichita215.1 mi away

2%18

East Hibbard12.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%265

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.

46%

23%

13%

19%

46%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakin are

855 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

855 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lakin residents hold

820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Lakin, 2013 → 2023: 824 → 855. 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.