Work & commute · Lorraine

Work & commute in Lorraine, KS

Most working residents leave Lorraine for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (27%), Salina (15%) and Holyrood (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Lorraine residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lorraine.

56live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lorraine goes to work

Ellsworth12.4 mi away

27%16

Salina41.5 mi away

15%9

Lorraine (in town)right here

5%3

Holyrood5.2 mi away

5%3

Wichita80.4 mi away

5%3

Clear Creek16.5 mi away

3%2

Green Garden0.8 mi away

3%2

Kanopolis12.9 mi away

2%1

Ellis71.4 mi away

2%1

Minneapolis50.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%18

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

How far

How far Lorraine commutes

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

14%

37%

22%

27%

14%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lorraine is a job hub

2.49jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lorraine are

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

Jobs based in Lorraine

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Lorraine residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−16%

Jobs based in Lorraine, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 147. 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.