Work & commute · Cameron

Work & commute in Cameron, MO

About one in 4 of Cameron’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (13%), St. Joseph (12%) and Liberty (3%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

791 of 3,104 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,313 Cameron residents head out of town to work, 791 work right here, and 2,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cameron.

2,313live here, work elsewhere

791live and work here

2,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cameron goes to work

Cameron (in town)right here

25%791

Kansas City46 mi away

13%402

St. Joseph31.3 mi away

12%372

Liberty36.1 mi away

3%97

Hamilton12.2 mi away

3%96

North Kansas City45.4 mi away

2%64

Independence45.9 mi away

2%58

Claycomo39.9 mi away

2%54

Lee's Summit57.4 mi away

1%39

Excelsior Springs27.9 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,094

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

How far

How far Cameron commutes

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

27%

40%

26%

27%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cameron is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cameron are

2,865 jobs are based in Cameron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cameron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cameron

2,865 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Cameron residents hold

3,104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−29%

Jobs based in Cameron, 2013 → 2023: 4,047 → 2,865. 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.