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Work & commute · Lost Springs

Work & commute in Lost Springs, KS

Most working residents leave Lost Springs for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (13%), Durham Park (13%) and Marion (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
2 of 23 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21 Lost Springs residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lost Springs.

21live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
86work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lost Springs goes to work

Lost SpringsDurhamTampaNew CambriaFlorenceLindsborgHillsboroMarionHoltonHeringtonEl DoradoJunction CityGreat BendTownship 9Durham ParkTownship 7Clear CreekHillsboroDurham ParkMarionEl DoradoNew CambriaFlorenceLindsborgHoltonJunction CityLost Springs
1
Hillsboro19.5 mi away
13%3
2
Durham Park13.9 mi away
13%3
3
Lost Springs (in town)right here
9%2
4
Marion14.9 mi away
9%2
5
El Dorado51.9 mi away
9%2
6
New Cambria36.3 mi away
4%1
7
Florence22.4 mi away
4%1
8
Lindsborg38.3 mi away
4%1
9
Holton91 mi away
4%1
10
Junction City32.4 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%6

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

How far

How far Lost Springs commutes

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

9%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lost Springs is a job hub

3.83jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lost Springs are

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

Jobs based in Lost Springs

88 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities1%
Services (health, schools, offices…)99%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lost Springs residents hold

23 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month52%
Over $3,333 a month30%
+22%

Jobs based in Lost Springs, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 88. 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.

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