Work & commute · Egypt

Work & commute in Egypt, MO

Most working residents leave Egypt for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (15%), Kansas City (8%) and Norborne (7%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 325 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 301 Egypt residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Egypt.

301live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Egypt goes to work

Carrollton12.5 mi away

15%50

Kansas City46.6 mi away

8%25

Norborne2 mi away

7%22

Chillicothe36.3 mi away

7%22

Richmond14.3 mi away

5%16

Columbia77.4 mi away

2%8

Blue Springs35.5 mi away

2%7

Independence37.3 mi away

2%7

Hale29.4 mi away

2%6

Claycomo41.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%156

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

How far

How far Egypt commutes

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

10%

30%

36%

23%

10%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Egypt is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Egypt are

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

Jobs based in Egypt

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Egypt residents hold

325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+28%

Jobs based in Egypt, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 156. 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.