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Work & commute · Grand River

Work & commute in Grand River, MO

Most working residents leave Grand River for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Cameron (20%), Kansas City (13%) and St. Joseph (12%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
13%
168 of 1,294 working residents
Typical commute
39 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,126 Grand River residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 1,597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand River.

1,126live here, work elsewhere
168live and work here
1,597work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Grand River goes to work

Kansas CityMaysvilleHamiltonGallatinNorth Kansas CityMaryvilleCameronChillicotheSt. JosephLibertyKansas CityIndependenceKidderColfaxAdamsGrand RiverColfaxCameronKansas CitySt. JosephLibertyIndependenceKansas CityMaysvilleChillicotheHamiltonNorth Kansas CityGrand River
1
Cameron3.4 mi away
20%257
2
Kansas City48.1 mi away
13%167
3
St. Joseph29.5 mi away
12%149
4
Liberty38.5 mi away
3%35
5
Independence48.6 mi away
2%26
6
Kansas City, KS52.4 mi away
2%21
7
Maysville8.8 mi away
2%21
8
Chillicothe38.2 mi away
2%21
9
Hamilton14.3 mi away
2%20
10
North Kansas City47.5 mi away
1%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%558

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

How far

How far Grand River commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
7%10–24 mi
35%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Grand River is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand River are

1,765 jobs are based in Grand River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand River

1,765 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities41%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Grand River residents hold

1,294 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−28%

Jobs based in Grand River, 2013 → 2023: 2,448 → 1,765. 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.

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