Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lawrence draws about half of Lecompton’s working residents
Only 1% work in Lecompton itself; outside it, Lawrence draws the most (47%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lecompton
Nearly half of Lecompton works in Lawrence
113 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Lawrence, 8.9 miles away. That’s 47 times as many as work in Lecompton itself. The commute map ↓
Lecompton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting in to Lecompton: where workers come from
Where Lecompton clocks in
47% of workers
8% 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.
How long Lecompton spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lecompton workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 399 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who commutes out of Lecompton, and who commutes in
On a workday 235 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Lecompton on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Lecompton
378 jobs are based in Lecompton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lecompton, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 378. 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 Lecompton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lecompton
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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lecompton: questions
What is the median household income in Lecompton?
$68,977 (±$25,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lecompton?
7.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lecompton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lecompton work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Lecompton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lecompton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lecompton
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.