Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0La Harpe has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 38 jobs in La Harpe, against 227 working residents. Only 3% stay in La Harpe for work; outside it, Iola is the main destination (28%, 5 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in La Harpe: the gist
La Harpe is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in La Harpe, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Harpe has about 290 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of La Harpe works in Iola
63 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Iola, 5.4 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in La Harpe itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 227 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of La Harpe
On a workday 221 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in La Harpe on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of La Harpe to work: where people go
Where La Harpe clocks in
28% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from La Harpe, by distance
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Jobs in La Harpe: what the 38 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Harpe, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 38. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Harpe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 15 minutes to work from La Harpe
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Harpe workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 233 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in La Harpe: questions
What is the median household income in La Harpe?
$46,563 (±$29,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Harpe?
8.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Harpe?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Harpe work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Iola (28%, 5 mi), Humboldt (8%, 10 mi), Chanute (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Harpe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Harpe, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Harpe
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.