Work & commute · Leonardville

Work & commute in Leonardville, KS

Most working residents leave Leonardville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Manhattan (44%), Topeka (7%) and Riley (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Leonardville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leonardville.

190live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leonardville goes to work

Manhattan18.2 mi away

44%84

Topeka66.3 mi away

7%13

Riley4.8 mi away

4%8

Salina55.6 mi away

3%6

Grant8.7 mi away

3%6

Manhattan23.5 mi away

3%6

Wamego31.4 mi away

3%5

Junction City23.3 mi away

3%5

Wichita118.7 mi away

2%4

Leonardville (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%53

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

How far

How far Leonardville commutes

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

10%

55%

27%

10%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leonardville is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leonardville are

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

Jobs based in Leonardville

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Leonardville residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−60%

Jobs based in Leonardville, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 99. 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.