Work & commute · Lebo

Work & commute in Lebo, KS

Most working residents leave Lebo for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Emporia (15%), Burlington (12%) and Topeka (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 449 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 440 Lebo residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebo.

440live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebo goes to work

Emporia18 mi away

15%69

Burlington16.7 mi away

12%56

Topeka43.7 mi away

8%38

Hampden18.3 mi away

5%24

New Strawn12.4 mi away

4%18

Waverly14 mi away

4%17

Wichita95.2 mi away

4%16

Lincoln4.2 mi away

2%11

Lebo (in town)right here

2%9

Ottawa34.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%183

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

How far

How far Lebo commutes

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

48%

19%

27%

6%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebo is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebo are

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

Jobs based in Lebo

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lebo residents hold

449 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+42%

Jobs based in Lebo, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 109. 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.