Work & commute · Reno

Work & commute in Reno, KS

Most working residents leave Reno for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (10%), Lawrence (10%) and Overland Park (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 728 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 716 Reno residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reno.

716live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reno goes to work

Kansas City21.8 mi away

10%72

Lawrence8.6 mi away

10%71

Overland Park25.1 mi away

10%71

Lenexa17.7 mi away

7%53

Kansas City, MO31.7 mi away

7%52

Olathe19 mi away

7%49

Bonner Springs14.2 mi away

4%32

Topeka30.6 mi away

4%32

Shawnee17.2 mi away

4%31

Tonganoxie6.6 mi away

4%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%239

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

How far

How far Reno commutes

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

19%

45%

27%

19%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reno is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reno are

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

Jobs based in Reno

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Reno residents hold

728 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+90%

Jobs based in Reno, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 179. 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.