Work & commute · Agency

Work & commute in Agency, MO

Most working residents leave Agency for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (54%), Kansas City (10%) and St. Louis (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 242 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 242 Agency residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Agency.

242live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Agency goes to work

St. Joseph8.2 mi away

54%130

Kansas City38.1 mi away

10%23

St. Louis251.4 mi away

2%5

Atchison, KS21.6 mi away

2%4

Independence44.7 mi away

2%4

Platte City20.4 mi away

1%3

Jefferson City157.1 mi away

1%3

Springfield187.4 mi away

1%3

Wathena, KS12 mi away

1%2

Kansas City, KS36.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%63

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

How far

How far Agency commutes

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

54%

12%

17%

16%

54%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Agency is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Agency are

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

Jobs based in Agency

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Agency residents hold

242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−9%

Jobs based in Agency, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 21. 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.