Work & commute · Louisburg

Work & commute in Louisburg, KS

Most working residents leave Louisburg for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Overland Park (19%), Olathe (8%) and Lenexa (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

247 of 2,605 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,358 Louisburg residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 938 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louisburg.

2,358live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

938work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Louisburg goes to work

Overland Park18.6 mi away

19%500

Louisburg (in town)right here

9%247

Olathe19.6 mi away

8%210

Lenexa24.8 mi away

8%200

Kansas City, MO35.5 mi away

8%199

Topeka61.9 mi away

5%136

Middle Creek3.8 mi away

5%120

Kansas City34.9 mi away

4%99

Paola10.3 mi away

3%91

Leawood20 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%741

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

How far

How far Louisburg commutes

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

18%

46%

24%

13%

18%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Louisburg is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Louisburg are

1,185 jobs are based in Louisburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Louisburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Louisburg

1,185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Louisburg residents hold

2,605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+52%

Jobs based in Louisburg, 2013 → 2023: 778 → 1,185. 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.