Work & commute · Logan

Work & commute in Logan, KS

Most working residents leave Logan for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chanute (26%), Humboldt (22%) and Iola (16%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 99 Logan residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Logan.

99live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Logan goes to work

Chanute9.1 mi away

26%27

Humboldt2.8 mi away

22%22

Iola10 mi away

16%16

Logan (in town)right here

3%3

Parsons34.4 mi away

2%2

Wichita102.1 mi away

2%2

Olathe83 mi away

2%2

Humboldt4.5 mi away

2%2

Moran18.9 mi away

1%1

Kincaid26.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%24

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

How far

How far Logan commutes

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

51%

24%

17%

51%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Logan is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Logan are

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

Jobs based in Logan

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Logan residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+72%

Jobs based in Logan, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 62. 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.