Work & commute · Cream Ridge

Work & commute in Cream Ridge, MO

Most working residents leave Cream Ridge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chillicothe (34%), Kansas City (8%) and St. Joseph (6%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 139 Cream Ridge residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cream Ridge.

139live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cream Ridge goes to work

Chillicothe9.2 mi away

34%49

Kansas City77.8 mi away

8%12

St. Joseph69.7 mi away

6%8

Trenton11.5 mi away

3%5

Brookfield25.6 mi away

2%3

Richmond50.9 mi away

2%3

Cameron39.6 mi away

2%3

Columbia93.1 mi away

2%3

Cream Ridge (in town)right here

2%3

Chillicothe9.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%52

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

How far

How far Cream Ridge commutes

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

28%

19%

47%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cream Ridge is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cream Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Cream Ridge

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Cream Ridge residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−10%

Jobs based in Cream Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 61. 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.