Work & commute · Lowell

Work & commute in Lowell, KS

Most working residents leave Lowell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (29%), Galena (12%) and Pittsburg (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 257 Lowell residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowell.

257live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowell goes to work

Joplin, MO9.6 mi away

29%76

Galena2.8 mi away

12%31

Pittsburg21.5 mi away

4%10

Riverton2.8 mi away

4%10

Baxter Springs6.7 mi away

3%9

Webb City, MO11.6 mi away

3%9

Fort Scott50.2 mi away

2%6

Columbus10.6 mi away

2%5

Wichita152.4 mi away

2%5

Quapaw, OK12.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%94

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

How far

How far Lowell commutes

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

46%

28%

22%

46%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowell are

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

Jobs based in Lowell

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Lowell residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+55%

Jobs based in Lowell, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 206. 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.