Work & commute · Lecompton

Work & commute in Lecompton, KS

Most working residents leave Lecompton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (47%), Topeka (8%) and Overland Park (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 235 Lecompton residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lecompton.

235live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lecompton goes to work

Lawrence8.9 mi away

47%113

Topeka16.2 mi away

8%20

Overland Park39.2 mi away

4%9

Kansas City35.4 mi away

3%8

Kansas City, MO45.6 mi away

3%8

Shawnee31.6 mi away

2%4

Perry2.3 mi away

1%3

Lecompton (in town)right here

1%3

Wichita141.1 mi away

1%3

Olathe32.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%64

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.

40%

29%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lecompton is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lecompton are

378 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

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lecompton residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+980%

Jobs based in Lecompton, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 378. 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.