Work & commute · Leavenworth

Work & commute in Leavenworth, KS

About one in 3 of Leavenworth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (9%), Kansas City (7%) and Overland Park (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

3,798 of 12,196 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,398 Leavenworth residents head out of town to work, 3,798 work right here, and 7,716 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leavenworth.

8,398live here, work elsewhere

3,798live and work here

7,716work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leavenworth goes to work

Leavenworth (in town)right here

31%3,798

Kansas City17 mi away

9%1,126

Kansas City, MO24.3 mi away

7%893

Overland Park32.5 mi away

6%672

Lansing5.7 mi away

5%669

Olathe31 mi away

4%499

Topeka45.8 mi away

4%436

Lenexa25.5 mi away

3%424

Lawrence31 mi away

3%365

Wichita172.9 mi away

2%278

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%3,036

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

How far

How far Leavenworth commutes

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

38%

25%

26%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leavenworth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leavenworth are

11,514 jobs are based in Leavenworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leavenworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leavenworth

11,514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Leavenworth residents hold

12,196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−3%

Jobs based in Leavenworth, 2013 → 2023: 11,854 → 11,514. 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.