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Work & commute in Baldwin Park · A commuter town

100% of Baldwin Park’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Baldwin Park for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (22%), Lee's Summit (17%) and Pleasant Hill (13%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 46 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
33 min
More than MO (24 min)
Work from home
6%
Less than MO (13%)
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Baldwin Park?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

22% of working residents work in Kansas City

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Lake Quivira: 1 residents work here (2%)Lenexa: 1 residents work here (2%)Overland Park: 3 residents work here (7%)Topeka: 1 residents work here (2%)Kansas City: 2 residents work here (4%)Baldwin ParkBraymer: 1 residents work here (2%)Oak Grove: 1 residents work here (2%)Pleasant Hill: 6 residents work here (13%)Kansas City: 10 residents work here (22%)Lee's Summit: 8 residents work here (17%)Kansas CityLee's SummitPleasant HillOverland ParkKansas CityLake QuiviraBaldwin Park
1
Kansas City28.1 mi away
22%10
2
Lee's Summit11.5 mi away
17%8
3
Pleasant Hill1.6 mi away
13%6
4
Overland Park, KS24.7 mi away
7%3
5
Kansas City, KS34.9 mi away
4%2
6
Lake Quivira, KS32.8 mi away
2%1
7
Lenexa, KS32.1 mi away
2%1
8
Topeka, KS79.6 mi away
2%1
9
Braymer60.2 mi away
2%1
10
Oak Grove16.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%12
The top trips

Where Baldwin Park clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
252 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Baldwin Park33 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

of Baldwin Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Baldwin Park quiets down on a workday

On a workday 46 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

46live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night52
Workday6
52live here− 46head out to work+ 0come in to work= 6on a workday

About 6 people are in Baldwin Park on a workday afternoon, 88% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Baldwin Park commutes less than 17 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKansas City: 22% · 28.1 miLee's Summit: 17% · 11.5 miPleasant Hill: 13% · 1.6 miOverland Park: 7% · 24.7 miKansas City: 4% · 34.9 miLake Quivira: 2% · 32.8 miLenexa: 2% · 32.1 miTopeka: 2% · 79.6 miBraymer: 2% · 60.2 miOak Grove: 2% · 16.2 miKansas City 22%Lee's Summit 17%Pleasant Hill 13%Overland Park 7%Baldwin Park
Baldwin ParkTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi13 residents
43%10–24 mi20 residents
20%25–50 mi9 residents
9%Over 50 mi4 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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