Work & commute · Middle Creek

Work & commute in Middle Creek, KS

Most working residents leave Middle Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Overland Park (17%), Olathe (8%) and Paola (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 884 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 853 Middle Creek residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middle Creek.

853live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middle Creek goes to work

Overland Park22 mi away

17%146

Olathe22.3 mi away

8%73

Paola8.2 mi away

7%66

Kansas City, MO39.3 mi away

7%63

Lenexa27.7 mi away

7%58

Topeka62.1 mi away

5%43

Louisburg3.8 mi away

4%37

Kansas City38.2 mi away

4%34

Middle Creek (in town)right here

3%30

Osawatomie13.7 mi away

3%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%311

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

How far

How far Middle Creek commutes

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

17%

34%

35%

14%

17%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middle Creek is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middle Creek are

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

Jobs based in Middle Creek

413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Middle Creek residents hold

884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+7%

Jobs based in Middle Creek, 2013 → 2023: 387 → 413. 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.