Work & commute · Lansing

Work & commute in Lansing, KS

Most working residents leave Lansing for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Leavenworth (22%), Kansas City (11%) and Kansas City (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

457 of 4,328 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,871 Lansing residents head out of town to work, 457 work right here, and 2,190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansing.

3,871live here, work elsewhere

457live and work here

2,190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansing goes to work

Leavenworth5.7 mi away

22%965

Lansing (in town)right here

11%457

Kansas City11.8 mi away

11%457

Kansas City, MO20.3 mi away

7%301

Overland Park26.9 mi away

7%298

Olathe25.3 mi away

5%211

Topeka45.1 mi away

4%187

Lenexa19.8 mi away

4%164

Lawrence27.8 mi away

3%122

Shawnee16.3 mi away

2%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,075

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

How far

How far Lansing commutes

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

37%

35%

19%

37%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansing is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansing are

2,647 jobs are based in Lansing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lansing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lansing

2,647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lansing residents hold

4,328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+78%

Jobs based in Lansing, 2013 → 2023: 1,487 → 2,647. 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.