Work & commute · Braymer

Work & commute in Braymer, MO

Most working residents leave Braymer for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (14%), Hamilton (7%) and Chillicothe (6%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 279 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 261 Braymer residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Braymer.

261live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Braymer goes to work

Kansas City51.5 mi away

14%38

Hamilton15.3 mi away

7%19

Braymer (in town)right here

6%18

Chillicothe19.3 mi away

6%18

Liberty41.1 mi away

5%15

St. Joseph55.8 mi away

4%10

North Kansas City51.6 mi away

3%9

Richmond23.7 mi away

3%9

Cameron25.5 mi away

3%9

Polo13.1 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%127

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

How far

How far Braymer commutes

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

27%

26%

38%

9%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Braymer is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Braymer are

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

Jobs based in Braymer

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Braymer residents hold

279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−24%

Jobs based in Braymer, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 158. 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.