Work & commute · Leoti

Work & commute in Leoti, KS

43% of Leoti’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Marienthal (4%), Garden City (4%) and Wichita (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

201 of 472 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 271 Leoti residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leoti.

271live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leoti goes to work

Leoti (in town)right here

43%201

Marienthal7.5 mi away

4%18

Garden City44.6 mi away

4%17

Wichita224.8 mi away

3%16

Scott City24.6 mi away

2%10

Topeka307.3 mi away

1%7

Hays113.2 mi away

1%6

Dudley66.2 mi away

1%6

Lakin37.9 mi away

1%5

Salina203.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%181

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

How far

How far Leoti commutes

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

54%

10%

27%

54%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leoti is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leoti are

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

Jobs based in Leoti

512 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Leoti residents hold

472 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−21%

Jobs based in Leoti, 2013 → 2023: 647 → 512. 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.