Work & commute · Chillicothe

Work & commute in Chillicothe, MO

45% of Chillicothe’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (7%), St. Joseph (3%) and Trenton (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

1,680 of 3,719 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,039 Chillicothe residents head out of town to work, 1,680 work right here, and 3,696 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chillicothe.

2,039live here, work elsewhere

1,680live and work here

3,696work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chillicothe goes to work

Chillicothe (in town)right here

45%1,680

Kansas City70.7 mi away

7%258

St. Joseph67.7 mi away

3%126

Trenton20 mi away

3%118

Liberty60.2 mi away

1%52

Lee's Summit75.1 mi away

1%52

Independence65.2 mi away

1%51

Brookfield24.9 mi away

1%47

Chillicothe1 mi away

1%47

Columbia87.6 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,245

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

How far

How far Chillicothe commutes

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

48%

38%

48%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chillicothe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chillicothe are

5,376 jobs are based in Chillicothe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chillicothe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chillicothe

5,376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Chillicothe residents hold

3,719 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+2%

Jobs based in Chillicothe, 2013 → 2023: 5,280 → 5,376. 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.