Work & commute · Carrollton

Work & commute in Carrollton, MO

About one in 3 of Carrollton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (36%), Kansas City (6%) and Chillicothe (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

628 of 1,729 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,101 Carrollton residents head out of town to work, 628 work right here, and 1,011 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrollton.

1,101live here, work elsewhere

628live and work here

1,011work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrollton goes to work

Carrollton2.4 mi away

36%616

Kansas City60.5 mi away

6%100

Chillicothe27.9 mi away

5%80

Marshall24.2 mi away

4%74

Columbia68.8 mi away

3%59

Richmond27.9 mi away

3%54

Carrollton (in town)right here

3%52

Jefferson City90.2 mi away

2%31

St. Louis181.1 mi away

1%24

Sedalia49.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%618

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

How far

How far Carrollton commutes

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

40%

12%

16%

32%

40%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrollton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrollton are

1,639 jobs are based in Carrollton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carrollton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carrollton

1,639 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Carrollton residents hold

1,729 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+5%

Jobs based in Carrollton, 2013 → 2023: 1,558 → 1,639. 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.