Work & commute · De Kalb

Work & commute in De Kalb, MO

Most working residents leave De Kalb for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (49%), Kansas City (9%) and Atchison (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 100 De Kalb residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Kalb.

100live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where De Kalb goes to work

St. Joseph13 mi away

49%49

Kansas City37.7 mi away

9%9

Atchison, KS11.5 mi away

8%8

North Kansas City36.4 mi away

4%4

Maryville52.2 mi away

2%2

Elwood, KS11.4 mi away

1%1

Lenexa, KS43.5 mi away

1%1

Kansas City, KS33.6 mi away

1%1

Rushville5.3 mi away

1%1

Polo47.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%23

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

How far

How far De Kalb commutes

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

11%

58%

18%

13%

11%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

De Kalb is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in De Kalb are

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

Jobs based in De Kalb

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs De Kalb residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−84%

Jobs based in De Kalb, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 10. 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.