McLouth has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in McLouth report 145 jobs, against 383 working residents. Only 2% work in McLouth itself; outside it, Lawrence draws the most (18%, 17 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in McLouth, in a few figures
Getting to work from McLouth takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McLouth workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 499 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.
How a workday changes McLouth
On a workday 377 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in McLouth on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where McLouth goes to work
Where McLouth clocks in
18% of workers
14% 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.
The kinds of work in McLouth
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McLouth, 2014 → 2024: 143 → 145. 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 McLouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from McLouth
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 McLouth: questions
What is the median household income in McLouth?
$73,967 (±$12,763) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McLouth?
6.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McLouth?
42 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McLouth work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence (18%, 17 mi), Topeka (14%, 28 mi), Oskaloosa (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around McLouth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McLouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of McLouth
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.