There are 4.0 jobs in Lost Springs for every working resident, and 87 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole. Lost Springs has 88 jobs, against 22 working residents. Only 5% work in Lost Springs itself; outside it, Hillsboro draws the most (18%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Lost Springs
On a workday 21 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 120 people are in Lost Springs on a workday afternoon, 122% more than live here.
4.0 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 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Lost Springs
Where Lost Springs clocks in
18% of workers
18% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Lost Springs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lost Springs, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 88. 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 Lost Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lost Springs
of Lost Springs workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lost Springs
About 27% 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 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 Lost Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Lost Springs?
$43,438 (±$10,107) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lost Springs?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lost Springs work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (18%, 20 mi), Marion (18%, 15 mi), Wichita (14%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lost Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lost Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lost Springs
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.