Work & commute · Lakin

Work & commute in Lakin, KS

About one in 4 of Lakin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Garden City (10%), Sherlock (6%) and Deerfield (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

192 of 724 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 532 Lakin residents head out of town to work, 192 work right here, and 523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakin.

532live here, work elsewhere

192live and work here

523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakin goes to work

Lakin (in town)right here

27%192

Garden City22.3 mi away

10%73

Sherlock11.5 mi away

6%45

Deerfield7.6 mi away

6%42

Lakin4 mi away

5%37

Deerfield7.4 mi away

4%29

Southside6.9 mi away

3%22

Garden City20.8 mi away

3%21

Wichita214.1 mi away

2%17

Ulysses25.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%235

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.

45%

23%

13%

19%

45%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

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakin are

715 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

715 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lakin residents hold

724 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 month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−2%

Jobs based in Lakin, 2013 → 2023: 731 → 715. 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.