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Work & commute · Bethany

Work & commute in Bethany, MO

About one in 3 of Bethany’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (8%), St. Joseph (5%) and Albany (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
34%
402 of 1,186 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 784 Bethany residents head out of town to work, 402 work right here, and 1,140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethany.

784live here, work elsewhere
402live and work here
1,140work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bethany goes to work

RidgewayCainsvilleAlbanyBethanyTrentonCameronSt. JosephLibertyKansas CitySt. LouisLee's SummitColumbiaDallasBethanyJeffersonColfaxKansas CitySt. JosephAlbanyCameronTrentonLibertySt. LouisLee's SummitColumbiaBethany
1
Bethany (in town)right here
34%402
2
Kansas City83.7 mi away
8%97
3
St. Joseph54.7 mi away
5%61
4
Albany16.1 mi away
4%53
5
Cameron37.8 mi away
4%42
6
Trenton26 mi away
2%19
7
Liberty73.9 mi away
1%15
8
St. Louis231.3 mi away
1%13
9
Lee's Summit94.9 mi away
1%13
10
Columbia128.6 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%458

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

How far

How far Bethany commutes

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

36%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
42%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bethany is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethany are

1,542 jobs are based in Bethany. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bethany’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bethany

1,542 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Bethany residents hold

1,186 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month49%
−1%

Jobs based in Bethany, 2013 → 2023: 1,553 → 1,542. 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.

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