Labette has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Labette; the top destination outside it is Parsons (29%, 8 miles). There are 2 jobs in Labette, and 14 of its residents work somewhere. 33% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Labette on a workday
On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 49 people are in Labette on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where people from Labette work
Where Labette clocks in
29% of workers
14% 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.
What Labette’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Labette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Labette
of Labette workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 commuters (the 33% 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.
Half of Labette commutes less than 20 miles
About 21% 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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Labette workers work outside Kansas. The job records count 14% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Labette: questions
What is the poverty rate in Labette?
17.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Labette work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parsons (29%, 8 mi), Altamont (14%, 7 mi), Coffeyville (14%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Labette without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Labette, from the people who make the trip.
More of Labette
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.