Work & commute · Shannon

Work & commute in Shannon, KS

Most working residents leave Shannon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Atchison (35%), Topeka (5%) and Leavenworth (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 496 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 486 Shannon residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shannon.

486live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shannon goes to work

Atchison2.7 mi away

35%176

Topeka48.5 mi away

5%27

Leavenworth22.7 mi away

5%25

Kansas City, MO46 mi away

5%25

St. Joseph, MO21 mi away

5%24

Kansas City39.6 mi away

4%19

Overland Park55 mi away

4%18

Lawrence44.5 mi away

3%17

Shannon (in town)right here

2%10

Olathe52.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%147

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

How far

How far Shannon commutes

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

39%

17%

28%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shannon is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shannon are

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

Jobs based in Shannon

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Shannon residents hold

496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−29%

Jobs based in Shannon, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 195. 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.