Work & commute · Crystal Lakes

Work & commute in Crystal Lakes, MO

Most working residents leave Crystal Lakes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (28%), Excelsior Springs (12%) and Liberty (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 263 Crystal Lakes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crystal Lakes.

263live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crystal Lakes goes to work

Kansas City25.3 mi away

28%73

Excelsior Springs3.2 mi away

12%31

Liberty14.9 mi away

7%18

Richmond13 mi away

5%14

Claycomo19.2 mi away

5%12

North Kansas City25.3 mi away

5%12

Independence21 mi away

4%10

Kansas City, KS33.9 mi away

3%7

Gladstone22.3 mi away

2%5

Raytown29.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%77

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

How far

How far Crystal Lakes commutes

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

15%

41%

34%

11%

15%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crystal Lakes is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crystal Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Crystal Lakes

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Crystal Lakes residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+467%

Jobs based in Crystal Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 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.