Work & commute · Lincoln Center

Work & commute in Lincoln Center, KS

Most working residents leave Lincoln Center for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (14%), Ellsworth (6%) and Wichita (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

80 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 347 Lincoln Center residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 294 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln Center.

347live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

294work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln Center goes to work

Lincoln Center (in town)right here

19%80

Salina32.7 mi away

14%59

Ellsworth21.8 mi away

6%25

Wichita103 mi away

5%23

Sylvan Grove13.5 mi away

5%21

Minneapolis24.6 mi away

3%14

Topeka131.5 mi away

3%13

Beloit29.2 mi away

2%9

Manhattan83.2 mi away

2%8

Pleasant16 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%170

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

How far

How far Lincoln Center commutes

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

26%

19%

27%

29%

26%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln Center is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln Center are

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

Jobs based in Lincoln Center

374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Lincoln Center residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−27%

Jobs based in Lincoln Center, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 374. 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.