Work & commute · Mission

Work & commute in Mission, KS

Most working residents leave Mission for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hiawatha (22%), Horton (9%) and Atchison (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 216 Mission residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission.

216live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission goes to work

Hiawatha9.2 mi away

22%48

Horton3.8 mi away

9%20

Atchison23.8 mi away

5%12

Everest6.6 mi away

5%11

Topeka48 mi away

4%9

Sabetha19 mi away

4%8

Seneca29.5 mi away

3%7

Kansas City, MO66.7 mi away

3%7

Powhattan9.2 mi away

3%7

Overland Park73 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%84

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Mission commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

29%

16%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission are

47 jobs are based in Mission. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mission’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mission

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Mission residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−70%

Jobs based in Mission, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 47. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.