Work & commute · Craig

Work & commute in Craig, MO

Most working residents leave Craig for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (20%), Kansas City (12%) and Mound City (7%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 57 Craig residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Craig.

57live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Craig goes to work

St. Joseph41.9 mi away

20%12

Kansas City85.8 mi away

12%7

Mound City8.4 mi away

7%4

Maryville28.5 mi away

7%4

Gladstone80.4 mi away

5%3

Leavenworth, KS64.7 mi away

3%2

Craig (in town)right here

3%2

Raytown96 mi away

3%2

St. Louis294.1 mi away

3%2

Lenox, IA64.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%20

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

How far

How far Craig commutes

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

12%

31%

50%

12%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Craig is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Craig are

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

Jobs based in Craig

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Craig residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+22%

Jobs based in Craig, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 60. 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.