Work & commute · Gladstone

Work & commute in Gladstone, MO

Most working residents leave Gladstone for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (42%), North Kansas City (5%) and Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

627 of 13,626 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,999 Gladstone residents head out of town to work, 627 work right here, and 7,217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gladstone.

12,999live here, work elsewhere

627live and work here

7,217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gladstone goes to work

Kansas City6.1 mi away

42%5,656

North Kansas City5.1 mi away

5%718

Kansas City, KS11.6 mi away

5%709

Gladstone (in town)right here

5%627

Liberty7.7 mi away

5%620

Independence14.2 mi away

3%426

Overland Park, KS23.5 mi away

3%394

Claycomo4.4 mi away

2%319

Lee's Summit22.2 mi away

2%285

Lenexa, KS21.6 mi away

2%280

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%3,592

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

How far

How far Gladstone commutes

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

51%

34%

51%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gladstone is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gladstone are

7,844 jobs are based in Gladstone. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gladstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gladstone

7,844 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Gladstone residents hold

13,626 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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Jobs based in Gladstone, 2013 → 2023: 7,851 → 7,844. 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.