Work & commute · Butler

Work & commute in Butler, MO

About one in 3 of Butler’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Harrisonville (7%), Springfield (4%) and Kansas City (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

459 of 1,525 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,066 Butler residents head out of town to work, 459 work right here, and 1,297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butler.

1,066live here, work elsewhere

459live and work here

1,297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butler goes to work

Butler (in town)right here

30%459

Harrisonville27 mi away

7%113

Springfield93.2 mi away

4%60

Kansas City60.9 mi away

3%53

Mount Pleasant0.7 mi away

3%42

Nevada28.6 mi away

2%33

Clinton31.9 mi away

2%29

Lee's Summit45.8 mi away

2%29

Adrian10 mi away

2%28

Joplin82.3 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%656

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

How far

How far Butler commutes

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

35%

23%

34%

35%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butler is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Butler are

1,756 jobs are based in Butler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Butler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Butler

1,756 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Butler residents hold

1,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−9%

Jobs based in Butler, 2013 → 2023: 1,931 → 1,756. 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.