Work & commute · Lucas

Work & commute in Lucas, KS

Most working residents leave Lucas for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Russell (24%), Hays (13%) and Gorham (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 101 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 98 Lucas residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lucas.

98live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lucas goes to work

Russell20.6 mi away

24%24

Hays43.9 mi away

13%13

Gorham28.9 mi away

4%4

Luray9.2 mi away

3%3

Lucas (in town)right here

3%3

Bunker Hill15.3 mi away

3%3

Paradise20.8 mi away

3%3

Center17.6 mi away

3%3

Hesston87.3 mi away

2%2

Garden City145.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%41

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

How far

How far Lucas commutes

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

40%

30%

23%

7%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lucas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lucas are

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

Jobs based in Lucas

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Lucas residents hold

101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month30%

+45%

Jobs based in Lucas, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 139. 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.