Work & commute · Pottawatomie

Work & commute in Pottawatomie, KS

Most working residents leave Pottawatomie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (21%), Overland Park (7%) and Olathe (7%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 263 Pottawatomie residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pottawatomie.

263live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pottawatomie goes to work

Ottawa13.2 mi away

21%56

Overland Park38.9 mi away

7%19

Olathe34.7 mi away

7%18

Topeka51.3 mi away

6%15

Lenexa40.2 mi away

5%14

Ottawa16.4 mi away

4%12

Wichita131.5 mi away

3%9

Lawrence36.7 mi away

3%8

Kansas City51.5 mi away

3%8

Paola17.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%103

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

How far

How far Pottawatomie commutes

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

37%

38%

21%

4%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pottawatomie is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pottawatomie are

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

Jobs based in Pottawatomie

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Pottawatomie residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−4%

Jobs based in Pottawatomie, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 101. 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.