Work & commute · Bates

Work & commute in Bates, MO

Most working residents leave Bates for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (20%), Blue Springs (12%) and Lee's Summit (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 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 104 Bates residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bates.

104live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bates goes to work

Kansas City27.4 mi away

20%21

Blue Springs11 mi away

12%13

Lee's Summit18.2 mi away

9%10

Grain Valley8.1 mi away

6%6

Independence16.5 mi away

5%5

Kansas City, KS37.3 mi away

4%4

Oak Grove3.5 mi away

4%4

Raytown21.4 mi away

4%4

Bates City (in town)right here

3%3

Odessa5.2 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%34

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

How far

How far Bates commutes

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

21%

43%

25%

11%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bates is a job hub

2.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bates are

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

Jobs based in Bates

261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Bates residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+121%

Jobs based in Bates, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 261. 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.