Work & commute · Lenora

Work & commute in Lenora, KS

Most working residents leave Lenora for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Norton (29%), Center-District 1 (17%) and Almena (15%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 81 Lenora residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lenora.

81live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lenora goes to work

Norton16.6 mi away

29%24

Center-District 121 mi away

17%14

Almena24.8 mi away

15%12

Topeka233.5 mi away

4%3

Solomon-District 313.2 mi away

4%3

Colby57.8 mi away

2%2

Big Creek63.9 mi away

2%2

Colorado Springs, CO259.8 mi away

1%1

Glade37 mi away

1%1

Lenora (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%19

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

How far

How far Lenora commutes

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

59%

16%

24%

1%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lenora is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lenora are

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

Jobs based in Lenora

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Lenora residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−83%

Jobs based in Lenora, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 64. 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.