Olpe has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 58 jobs in Olpe, against 264 working residents. Hardly any work in Olpe itself; outside it, Emporia draws the most (44%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Olpe, in brief
44% of Olpe works in Emporia
117 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Emporia, 9.6 miles away. That’s 44 times as many as work in Olpe itself. The commute map ↓
Olpe is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Olpe, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Olpe has about 320 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 264 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Olpe to work: where people go
Where Olpe clocks in
44% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Olpe by day and by night
On a workday 262 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Olpe 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 2023, primary jobs.
The distance from Olpe to work
About 39% 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 Olpe’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olpe, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 58. 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 Olpe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Olpe, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olpe workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 243 commuters (the 12% 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.
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 Olpe: questions
What is the median household income in Olpe?
$89,479 (±$8,136) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olpe?
0.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olpe?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olpe work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporia (44%, 10 mi), Topeka (9%, 59 mi), Wichita (5%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Olpe 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 Olpe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olpe
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.