Work & commute · Ozawkie

Work & commute in Ozawkie, KS

Most working residents leave Ozawkie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (30%), Lawrence (14%) and Soldier (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 742 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 737 Ozawkie residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ozawkie.

737live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ozawkie goes to work

Topeka21.3 mi away

30%225

Lawrence22.9 mi away

14%101

Soldier14.5 mi away

4%31

Kansas City, MO48.2 mi away

4%27

Rock Creek6.5 mi away

3%20

Perry13.4 mi away

3%19

Oskaloosa7.1 mi away

3%19

Kansas City38.2 mi away

2%17

Overland Park47.5 mi away

2%16

Lecompton15.7 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%253

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

How far

How far Ozawkie commutes

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

61%

22%

9%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ozawkie is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ozawkie are

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

Jobs based in Ozawkie

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ozawkie residents hold

742 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+47%

Jobs based in Ozawkie, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 84. 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.