Work & commute · Hardin

Work & commute in Hardin, MO

Most working residents leave Hardin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (20%), Kansas City (17%) and Claycomo (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 217 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 211 Hardin residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardin.

211live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardin goes to work

Richmond7.6 mi away

20%43

Kansas City39.7 mi away

17%36

Claycomo35 mi away

4%9

Liberty31.5 mi away

4%8

Hardin (in town)right here

3%6

Excelsior Springs22.5 mi away

3%6

North Kansas City40.3 mi away

2%5

Blue Springs29.3 mi away

2%5

Lenexa, KS56.2 mi away

2%4

Kansas City, KS49.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%91

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

How far

How far Hardin commutes

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

29%

10%

45%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardin is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardin are

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

Jobs based in Hardin

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hardin residents hold

217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+14%

Jobs based in Hardin, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 104. 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.