Work & commute · Excelsior Springs

Work & commute in Excelsior Springs, MO

Most working residents leave Excelsior Springs for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (23%), Liberty (10%) and Claycomo (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

884 of 4,804 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,920 Excelsior Springs residents head out of town to work, 884 work right here, and 3,469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Excelsior Springs.

3,920live here, work elsewhere

884live and work here

3,469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Excelsior Springs goes to work

Kansas City22.2 mi away

23%1,084

Excelsior Springs (in town)right here

18%884

Liberty11.7 mi away

10%494

Claycomo16 mi away

4%194

North Kansas City22.2 mi away

3%158

Independence18.6 mi away

3%141

Kansas City, KS30.7 mi away

3%124

Lee's Summit29.9 mi away

2%117

Kearney6.4 mi away

2%87

St. Joseph42.4 mi away

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,443

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

How far

How far Excelsior Springs commutes

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

24%

41%

25%

11%

24%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Excelsior Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Excelsior Springs are

4,353 jobs are based in Excelsior Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Excelsior Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Excelsior Springs

4,353 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Excelsior Springs residents hold

4,804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−4%

Jobs based in Excelsior Springs, 2013 → 2023: 4,519 → 4,353. 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.