Work & commute · Blue Springs

Work & commute in Blue Springs, MO

Most working residents leave Blue Springs for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (28%), Independence (10%) and Lee's Summit (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,867 of 28,582 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 24,715 Blue Springs residents head out of town to work, 3,867 work right here, and 13,873 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Springs.

24,715live here, work elsewhere

3,867live and work here

13,873work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Springs goes to work

Kansas City17.1 mi away

28%8,132

Blue Springs (in town)right here

14%3,867

Independence6.8 mi away

10%2,761

Lee's Summit8.9 mi away

9%2,697

Overland Park, KS24.3 mi away

4%1,074

Kansas City, KS26.6 mi away

3%895

Lenexa, KS29 mi away

2%521

North Kansas City18.2 mi away

2%503

Grain Valley2.9 mi away

2%500

Raytown10.5 mi away

1%358

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%7,274

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

How far

How far Blue Springs commutes

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

35%

44%

11%

35%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Springs is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Springs are

17,740 jobs are based in Blue Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blue Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blue Springs

17,740 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Blue Springs residents hold

28,582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+16%

Jobs based in Blue Springs, 2013 → 2023: 15,277 → 17,740. 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.