Work & commute · Shawnee

Work & commute in Shawnee, KS

Most working residents leave Shawnee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (20%), Baxter Springs (8%) and Galena (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 222 Shawnee residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shawnee.

222live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shawnee goes to work

Joplin, MO11.7 mi away

20%45

Baxter Springs10.9 mi away

8%19

Galena7 mi away

7%16

Columbus9.2 mi away

7%15

Pittsburg16.8 mi away

6%14

Riverton6.9 mi away

4%8

Topeka140.2 mi away

2%5

Wichita150.9 mi away

2%4

Garden8.9 mi away

2%4

Frontenac20 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%92

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

How far

How far Shawnee commutes

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

31%

40%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shawnee is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shawnee are

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

Jobs based in Shawnee

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Shawnee residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−14%

Jobs based in Shawnee, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 37. 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.