Work & commute · Leon

Work & commute in Leon, KS

Most working residents leave Leon for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are El Dorado (26%), Wichita (17%) and El Dorado (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 175 Leon residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leon.

175live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leon goes to work

El Dorado10 mi away

26%49

Wichita30.9 mi away

17%33

Leon (in town)right here

9%17

El Dorado9.3 mi away

4%7

Overland Park140.5 mi away

3%6

Topeka110 mi away

2%4

Kansas City148.4 mi away

2%4

Prospect10 mi away

2%4

Augusta10.4 mi away

2%3

Riverside28.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%62

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

How far

How far Leon commutes

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

35%

20%

26%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leon are

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

Jobs based in Leon

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Leon residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−69%

Jobs based in Leon, 2013 → 2023: 680 → 210. 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.