Work & commute · Galt

Work & commute in Galt, MO

Most working residents leave Galt for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Trenton (25%), Chillicothe (11%) and Milan (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 53 Galt residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galt.

53live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galt goes to work

Trenton11.8 mi away

25%14

Chillicothe24.5 mi away

11%6

Milan14.9 mi away

5%3

Kansas City92.8 mi away

5%3

Galt (in town)right here

4%2

Laredo7.7 mi away

4%2

Gallatin34 mi away

4%2

St. Joseph80.1 mi away

4%2

Columbia99.2 mi away

4%2

Lincoln10.2 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%17

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

How far

How far Galt commutes

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

43%

15%

33%

9%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galt is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Galt are

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

Jobs based in Galt

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Galt residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−28%

Jobs based in Galt, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 52. 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.