Work & commute · Lola

Work & commute in Lola, KS

Most working residents leave Lola for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (14%), Joplin (9%) and Parsons (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 147 Lola residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lola.

147live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lola goes to work

Columbus9.1 mi away

14%20

Joplin, MO28.6 mi away

9%13

Parsons18.5 mi away

7%11

Pittsburg24.4 mi away

7%10

Baxter Springs17.9 mi away

4%6

Galena21.4 mi away

4%6

Miami, OK20.3 mi away

3%5

Topeka134.8 mi away

3%4

Kansas City136.3 mi away

2%3

Lowell18.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%67

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

How far

How far Lola commutes

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

15%

40%

22%

23%

15%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lola is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lola are

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

Jobs based in Lola

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lola residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−32%

Jobs based in Lola, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 25. 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.