Work & commute · Lenexa

Work & commute in Lenexa, KS

Most working residents leave Lenexa for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Overland Park (22%), Kansas City (13%) and Olathe (11%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

4,897 of 29,185 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,288 Lenexa residents head out of town to work, 4,897 work right here, and 58,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lenexa.

24,288live here, work elsewhere

4,897live and work here

58,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lenexa goes to work

Overland Park8.1 mi away

22%6,441

Lenexa (in town)right here

17%4,897

Kansas City, MO17.5 mi away

13%3,834

Olathe5.8 mi away

11%3,227

Kansas City11.4 mi away

7%2,188

Shawnee3.6 mi away

4%1,212

Leawood10.4 mi away

3%777

Merriam6.9 mi away

2%573

Lawrence24.8 mi away

2%452

Wichita163.7 mi away

1%379

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%5,205

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

How far

How far Lenexa commutes

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

61%

29%

61%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lenexa is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lenexa are

63,071 jobs are based in Lenexa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lenexa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lenexa

63,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Lenexa residents hold

29,185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+13%

Jobs based in Lenexa, 2013 → 2023: 55,750 → 63,071. 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.