Work & commute · Blue Summit

Work & commute in Blue Summit, MO

Most working residents leave Blue Summit for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (31%), Independence (11%) and North Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Blue Summit residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Summit.

226live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Summit goes to work

Kansas City4.6 mi away

31%72

Independence6.9 mi away

11%25

North Kansas City5.8 mi away

5%12

Kansas City, KS14.2 mi away

5%11

Lee's Summit12.5 mi away

4%10

Lenexa, KS19.3 mi away

3%7

Overland Park, KS17.7 mi away

3%7

Blue Springs12.6 mi away

3%6

Shawnee, KS18.1 mi away

2%5

Claycomo7.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%71

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

How far

How far Blue Summit commutes

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

54%

32%

13%

54%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Summit is a job hub

2.40jobs 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 Blue Summit are

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

Jobs based in Blue Summit

555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Blue Summit residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+36%

Jobs based in Blue Summit, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 555. 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.