Work & commute · Lindsborg

Work & commute in Lindsborg, KS

About one in 3 of Lindsborg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Salina (22%), McPherson (11%) and Wichita (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

412 of 1,422 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,010 Lindsborg residents head out of town to work, 412 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lindsborg.

1,010live here, work elsewhere

412live and work here

624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lindsborg goes to work

Lindsborg (in town)right here

29%412

Salina16.6 mi away

22%309

McPherson14.3 mi away

11%150

Wichita63.8 mi away

7%97

McPherson12.5 mi away

6%88

Hutchinson37.7 mi away

2%29

Smolan11 mi away

2%22

King City19 mi away

1%13

Lyons32.8 mi away

1%11

Topeka111.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%280

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

How far

How far Lindsborg commutes

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

30%

43%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lindsborg is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lindsborg are

1,036 jobs are based in Lindsborg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lindsborg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lindsborg

1,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lindsborg residents hold

1,422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

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Jobs based in Lindsborg, 2013 → 2023: 1,041 → 1,036. 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.