Work & commute · Grain Valley

Work & commute in Grain Valley, MO

Most working residents leave Grain Valley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (25%), Blue Springs (11%) and Independence (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

502 of 7,973 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,471 Grain Valley residents head out of town to work, 502 work right here, and 2,874 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grain Valley.

7,471live here, work elsewhere

502live and work here

2,874work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grain Valley goes to work

Kansas City19.6 mi away

25%2,031

Blue Springs2.9 mi away

11%887

Independence8.9 mi away

10%770

Lee's Summit11.2 mi away

9%694

Grain Valley (in town)right here

6%502

Kansas City, KS29.3 mi away

3%267

Overland Park, KS27.1 mi away

3%231

North Kansas City20.7 mi away

2%177

Lenexa, KS31.9 mi away

2%133

Oak Grove4.6 mi away

1%111

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%2,170

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

How far

How far Grain Valley commutes

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

30%

45%

15%

10%

30%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grain Valley is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grain Valley are

3,376 jobs are based in Grain Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grain Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grain Valley

3,376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Grain Valley residents hold

7,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+33%

Jobs based in Grain Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2,533 → 3,376. 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.