Work & commute · Charlotte

Work & commute in Charlotte, MO

Most working residents leave Charlotte for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (8%), Harrisonville (6%) and Kansas City (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 89 Charlotte residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlotte.

89live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlotte goes to work

Butler6.3 mi away

8%7

Harrisonville27.4 mi away

6%5

Kansas City59.9 mi away

4%4

Mount Pleasant5.8 mi away

4%4

Kansas City, KS61.5 mi away

3%3

Springfield97.3 mi away

3%3

Fort Scott, KS32.9 mi away

2%2

Hume13.7 mi away

2%2

Rich Hill12.5 mi away

2%2

Adrian11.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%56

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

How far

How far Charlotte commutes

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

16%

21%

27%

37%

16%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlotte is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlotte are

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

Jobs based in Charlotte

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Charlotte residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

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.