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Work & commute in Dearborn, MO

Most working residents leave Dearborn for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (32%), Kansas City (6%) and Platte City (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
9 of 190 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 181 Dearborn residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dearborn.

181live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
167work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dearborn goes to work

Kansas CityCamden PointDearbornWestonPlatte CityNorth Kansas CityGladstoneSmithvilleBlue SpringsSt. JosephLibertyKansas CityIndependenceKansas CityKansas CityPlatte CitySmithvilleSt. JosephNorth Kansas CityLibertyGladstoneIndependenceDearborn
1
Kansas City30.1 mi away
32%60
2
Kansas City, KS27.9 mi away
6%12
3
Platte City11.5 mi away
6%11
4
Smithville13.9 mi away
6%11
5
St. Joseph16.4 mi away
6%11
6
Dearborn (in town)right here
5%9
7
North Kansas City28.9 mi away
4%7
8
Liberty27.2 mi away
3%5
9
Gladstone24.4 mi away
2%3
10
Independence37.8 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%58

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

How far

How far Dearborn commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
44%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dearborn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dearborn are

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

Jobs based in Dearborn

176 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities38%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Dearborn residents hold

190 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+5%

Jobs based in Dearborn, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 176. 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.

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