Work & commute · Claycomo

Work & commute in Claycomo, MO

Most working residents leave Claycomo for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (44%), Kansas City (6%) and Liberty (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 679 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 638 Claycomo residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 8,766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claycomo.

638live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

8,766work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claycomo goes to work

Kansas City6.4 mi away

44%301

Claycomo (in town)right here

6%41

Kansas City, KS15 mi away

6%38

Liberty4.3 mi away

5%36

North Kansas City6.2 mi away

5%33

Independence10.4 mi away

4%26

Overland Park, KS24.2 mi away

4%24

Gladstone4.4 mi away

2%15

Lee's Summit19.8 mi away

1%10

Riverside8.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%146

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

How far

How far Claycomo commutes

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

54%

34%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claycomo is a job hub

12.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

13.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Claycomo are

8,807 jobs are based in Claycomo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claycomo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claycomo

8,807 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Claycomo residents hold

679 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+1958%

Jobs based in Claycomo, 2013 → 2023: 428 → 8,807. 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.