Work & commute · Chilhowee

Work & commute in Chilhowee, MO

Most working residents leave Chilhowee for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Warrensburg (15%), Kansas City (13%) and Sedalia (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 102 Chilhowee residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chilhowee.

102live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chilhowee goes to work

Warrensburg14.1 mi away

15%16

Kansas City52.6 mi away

13%13

Sedalia34.4 mi away

6%6

Jefferson City90.8 mi away

4%4

Leeton8.7 mi away

3%3

Holden11.2 mi away

3%3

Cape Girardeau250.3 mi away

3%3

Lee's Summit36.6 mi away

3%3

Chilhowee (in town)right here

2%2

Green Ridge24.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%49

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

How far

How far Chilhowee commutes

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

31%

28%

34%

8%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chilhowee is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chilhowee are

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

Jobs based in Chilhowee

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities76%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Chilhowee residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−80%

Jobs based in Chilhowee, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 17. 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.