Work & commute · Roeland Park

Work & commute in Roeland Park, KS

Most working residents leave Roeland Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (25%), Overland Park (18%) and Kansas City (14%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 3,469 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 3,414 Roeland Park residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 1,499 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roeland Park.

3,414live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

1,499work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roeland Park goes to work

Kansas City, MO7.7 mi away

25%859

Overland Park10.5 mi away

18%610

Kansas City8.2 mi away

14%471

Lenexa10.2 mi away

7%233

Olathe14.5 mi away

6%193

Leawood8.9 mi away

3%112

Mission1.2 mi away

3%98

Shawnee9.1 mi away

2%67

Merriam3.3 mi away

2%63

Prairie Village3.4 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%704

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

How far

How far Roeland Park commutes

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

74%

17%

74%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roeland Park is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roeland Park are

1,554 jobs are based in Roeland Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roeland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roeland Park

1,554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Roeland Park residents hold

3,469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−13%

Jobs based in Roeland Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,791 → 1,554. 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.