Work & commute · Lecompton

Work & commute in Lecompton, KS

Most working residents leave Lecompton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (46%), Topeka (6%) and Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 742 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 726 Lecompton residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lecompton.

726live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lecompton goes to work

Lawrence10 mi away

46%345

Topeka14.3 mi away

6%47

Kansas City, MO47.7 mi away

5%37

Overland Park40.8 mi away

4%28

Olathe34.2 mi away

3%23

Lenexa33.9 mi away

3%22

Kansas City37.5 mi away

3%21

Perry4 mi away

2%13

Wichita139 mi away

1%11

Lecompton2.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%185

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

How far

How far Lecompton commutes

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

34%

32%

25%

34%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lecompton 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 Lecompton are

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

Jobs based in Lecompton

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lecompton residents hold

742 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+94%

Jobs based in Lecompton, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 455. 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.