Work & commute · Chula

Work & commute in Chula, MO

Most working residents leave Chula for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chillicothe (27%), Kansas City (9%) and St. Joseph (7%). Half commute less than 71 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

71 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 53 Chula residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chula.

53live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chula goes to work

Chillicothe9.5 mi away

27%15

Kansas City79.4 mi away

9%5

St. Joseph72.2 mi away

7%4

Cameron41.9 mi away

5%3

Lenexa, KS96.8 mi away

4%2

Kansas City, KS87.1 mi away

4%2

Chula (in town)right here

4%2

Clayton190 mi away

4%2

Trenton12.8 mi away

4%2

Cream Ridge2.5 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%16

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

How far

How far Chula commutes

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

24%

15%

55%

24%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chula is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chula are

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

Jobs based in Chula

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities94%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Chula residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−70%

Jobs based in Chula, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 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.