Photo: Popcorn700 at English Wikipedia · CC BY 4.0Linwood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Linwood has 34 jobs for 201 working residents. Only 1% stay in Linwood for work; outside it, Overland Park is the main destination (12%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Linwood apart on work
Linwood is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Linwood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Linwood has about 270 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Linwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Linwood workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 201 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Linwood, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 198 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Linwood 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linwood workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 172 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.
Where Linwood goes to work
Where Linwood clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Linwood: what the 34 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linwood, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 34. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Linwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Linwood
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Linwood: questions
What is the median household income in Linwood?
$65,994 (±$3,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linwood?
5.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linwood?
35 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Overland Park (12%, 20 mi), Lenexa (10%, 13 mi), Lawrence (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Linwood 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 Linwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.