Work & commute · Shawnee

Work & commute in Shawnee, KS

Most working residents leave Shawnee for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Overland Park (19%), Kansas City (14%) and Lenexa (12%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3,092 of 34,218 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,126 Shawnee residents head out of town to work, 3,092 work right here, and 18,714 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shawnee.

31,126live here, work elsewhere

3,092live and work here

18,714work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shawnee goes to work

Overland Park10.8 mi away

19%6,635

Kansas City, MO15.6 mi away

14%4,744

Lenexa3.6 mi away

12%4,007

Kansas City8 mi away

9%3,241

Olathe9.4 mi away

9%3,199

Shawnee (in town)right here

9%3,092

Merriam6 mi away

3%975

Leawood12.3 mi away

2%781

Mission8 mi away

2%529

De Soto11 mi away

2%519

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%6,496

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.

53%

37%

53%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shawnee is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shawnee are

21,806 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

21,806 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Shawnee residents hold

34,218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+32%

Jobs based in Shawnee, 2013 → 2023: 16,511 → 21,806. 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.