Work & commute · Mission

Work & commute in Mission, KS

Most working residents leave Mission for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (21%), Overland Park (19%) and Kansas City (12%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

247 of 5,395 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,148 Mission residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 7,155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission.

5,148live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

7,155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission goes to work

Kansas City, MO8.9 mi away

21%1,129

Overland Park9.7 mi away

19%1,000

Kansas City8 mi away

12%627

Lenexa9 mi away

9%497

Olathe13.3 mi away

8%412

Mission (in town)right here

5%247

Shawnee8 mi away

3%165

Leawood8.4 mi away

3%139

Merriam2.1 mi away

2%131

Prairie Village3 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%949

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.

74%

17%

74%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission are

7,402 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

7,402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Mission residents hold

5,395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Mission, 2013 → 2023: 6,385 → 7,402. 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.