Work & commute · Larned

Work & commute in Larned, KS

About one in 4 of Larned’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pawnee (22%), Santa Fe (9%) and Great Bend (6%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

363 of 1,541 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,178 Larned residents head out of town to work, 363 work right here, and 622 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Larned.

1,178live here, work elsewhere

363live and work here

622work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Larned goes to work

Larned (in town)right here

24%363

Pawnee4.9 mi away

22%342

Santa Fe5.9 mi away

9%137

Great Bend20.4 mi away

6%96

Wichita101.4 mi away

5%70

Pleasant Grove4.5 mi away

2%38

Hays49.7 mi away

2%35

Hutchinson65.3 mi away

2%33

Topeka193 mi away

2%24

Dodge City57.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%387

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

How far

How far Larned commutes

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

58%

11%

26%

58%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Larned is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Larned are

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

Jobs based in Larned

985 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Larned residents hold

1,541 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−57%

Jobs based in Larned, 2013 → 2023: 2,303 → 985. 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.