Work & commute · Alma

Work & commute in Alma, MO

Most working residents leave Alma for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (19%), Higginsville (15%) and Lexington (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 155 Alma residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alma.

155live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alma goes to work

Kansas City53.8 mi away

19%30

Higginsville9.8 mi away

15%24

Lexington18.2 mi away

6%9

Concordia7.6 mi away

5%8

Warrensburg24.9 mi away

4%7

Independence43.1 mi away

4%6

Overland Park, KS63 mi away

1%2

Kansas City, KS64 mi away

1%2

Sweet Springs11.5 mi away

1%2

Claycomo50.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%64

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

How far

How far Alma commutes

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

21%

24%

17%

38%

21%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alma is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alma are

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

Jobs based in Alma

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Alma residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−62%

Jobs based in Alma, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 31. 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.