Work & commute · Adrian

Work & commute in Adrian, MO

Most working residents leave Adrian for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (11%), Harrisonville (9%) and Kansas City (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

57 of 478 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 421 Adrian residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adrian.

421live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adrian goes to work

Adrian (in town)right here

12%57

Butler10 mi away

11%51

Harrisonville17 mi away

9%42

Kansas City51 mi away

4%19

Springfield101.4 mi away

3%13

Spruce12.7 mi away

2%11

Nevada38.6 mi away

2%10

Lee's Summit35.9 mi away

2%10

Belton30.3 mi away

2%8

Peculiar23.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%250

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

How far

How far Adrian commutes

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

24%

27%

20%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adrian is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Adrian are

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

Jobs based in Adrian

475 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Adrian residents hold

478 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+3%

Jobs based in Adrian, 2013 → 2023: 459 → 475. 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.