Work & commute · Gallatin

Work & commute in Gallatin, MO

Most working residents leave Gallatin for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (9%), St. Joseph (8%) and Cameron (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

77 of 658 working residents

Typical commute

36 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 581 Gallatin residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gallatin.

581live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gallatin goes to work

Gallatin (in town)right here

12%77

Kansas City62.6 mi away

9%57

St. Joseph46.7 mi away

8%51

Cameron18.3 mi away

5%33

Jamesport9.6 mi away

4%27

Chillicothe23.5 mi away

3%22

Winston9.8 mi away

3%19

Trenton22.5 mi away

3%18

Hamilton11.7 mi away

2%13

Bethany25 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%328

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

How far

How far Gallatin commutes

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

22%

25%

15%

38%

22%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gallatin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gallatin are

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

Jobs based in Gallatin

536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Gallatin residents hold

658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−15%

Jobs based in Gallatin, 2013 → 2023: 630 → 536. 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.