Work & commute · Tonganoxie

Work & commute in Tonganoxie, KS

Most working residents leave Tonganoxie for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (13%), Lawrence (9%) and Overland Park (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

341 of 2,741 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,400 Tonganoxie residents head out of town to work, 341 work right here, and 961 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonganoxie.

2,400live here, work elsewhere

341live and work here

961work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tonganoxie goes to work

Kansas City18.1 mi away

13%369

Tonganoxie (in town)right here

12%341

Lawrence14.3 mi away

9%247

Overland Park25.8 mi away

8%224

Kansas City, MO28.4 mi away

7%182

Lenexa17.8 mi away

6%159

Topeka33.5 mi away

5%136

Olathe20.9 mi away

5%135

Leavenworth17 mi away

4%117

Shawnee15.9 mi away

4%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%730

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

How far

How far Tonganoxie commutes

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

17%

53%

23%

17%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tonganoxie is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonganoxie are

1,302 jobs are based in Tonganoxie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tonganoxie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tonganoxie

1,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Tonganoxie residents hold

2,741 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+34%

Jobs based in Tonganoxie, 2013 → 2023: 973 → 1,302. 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.