Work & commute · Gower

Work & commute in Gower, MO

Most working residents leave Gower for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (19%), St. Joseph (18%) and Smithville (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 710 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 660 Gower residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gower.

660live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gower goes to work

Kansas City34.1 mi away

19%133

St. Joseph15.7 mi away

18%130

Gower (in town)right here

7%50

Smithville15.3 mi away

4%28

Liberty27.5 mi away

4%28

Kansas City, KS35.1 mi away

3%22

Plattsburg8.1 mi away

3%18

North Kansas City33 mi away

2%16

Independence38.9 mi away

2%16

Lenexa, KS46.4 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%259

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

How far

How far Gower commutes

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

13%

35%

38%

14%

13%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gower is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gower are

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

Jobs based in Gower

323 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Gower residents hold

710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+11%

Jobs based in Gower, 2013 → 2023: 292 → 323. 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.