Work & commute · Lone Star

Work & commute in Lone Star, KS

Most working residents leave Lone Star for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (19%), Hays (13%) and La Crosse-Brookdale (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 89 Lone Star residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lone Star.

89live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lone Star goes to work

La Crosse6 mi away

19%17

Hays25.2 mi away

13%12

La Crosse-Brookdale9.5 mi away

9%8

Wichita116.2 mi away

4%4

Pawnee21.2 mi away

4%4

Susank24.1 mi away

3%3

Great Bend24.7 mi away

3%3

Hoisington22.8 mi away

2%2

St. John43.7 mi away

2%2

McPherson83.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%32

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

How far

How far Lone Star commutes

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

34%

16%

24%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lone Star is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lone Star are

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

Jobs based in Lone Star

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lone Star residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+50%

Jobs based in Lone Star, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 9. 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.