Work & commute · Lyon

Work & commute in Lyon, KS

Most working residents leave Lyon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Parsons (9%), Pittsburg (9%) and Joplin (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
1 of 164 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 163 Lyon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyon.

163live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
56work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lyon goes to work

West MineralScammonWeirChetopaAltamontOswegoColumbusBaxter SpringsGalenaFort ScottCoffeyvilleParsonsPittsburgJoplinMiamiSalamancaSpring ValleyLyonNeoshoParsonsPittsburgJoplinBaxter SpringsColumbusCoffeyvilleChetopaMiamiGalenaFort ScottLyon
1
Parsons28.8 mi away
9%15
2
Pittsburg26.8 mi away
9%15
3
Joplin, MO20.8 mi away
8%13
4
Baxter Springs8.2 mi away
7%11
5
Columbus8.4 mi away
6%10
6
Coffeyville42.7 mi away
4%7
7
Chetopa11.9 mi away
2%4
8
Miami, OK11.5 mi away
2%4
9
Galena13.4 mi away
2%3
10
Fort Scott54.3 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%79

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

How far

How far Lyon commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lyon is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyon are

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

Jobs based in Lyon

57 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)60%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)28%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lyon residents hold

164 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+1800%

Jobs based in Lyon, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 57. 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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