Work & commute · Overbrook

Work & commute in Overbrook, KS

Most working residents leave Overbrook for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (33%), Lawrence (8%) and Ridgeway (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 435 Overbrook residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Overbrook.

435live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Overbrook goes to work

Topeka19.2 mi away

33%153

Lawrence20 mi away

8%35

Overbrook (in town)right here

5%24

Ridgeway6.8 mi away

5%24

Wichita123 mi away

4%19

Olathe40.3 mi away

3%15

Kansas City49.8 mi away

3%14

Lyndon13.5 mi away

3%13

Carbondale7.9 mi away

2%9

Overland Park47.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%144

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

How far

How far Overbrook commutes

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

14%

55%

14%

18%

14%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Overbrook is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Overbrook are

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

Jobs based in Overbrook

249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Overbrook residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−5%

Jobs based in Overbrook, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 249. 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.