Work & commute · Holden

Work & commute in Holden, MO

Most working residents leave Holden for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (16%), Lee's Summit (10%) and Warrensburg (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 868 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 797 Holden residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 562 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holden.

797live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

562work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holden goes to work

Kansas City41.5 mi away

16%135

Lee's Summit25.7 mi away

10%88

Holden (in town)right here

8%71

Warrensburg15 mi away

6%50

Kingsville4.9 mi away

4%31

Independence32.3 mi away

4%31

Pleasant Hill16.6 mi away

2%21

Grandview31 mi away

2%20

Harrisonville20 mi away

2%15

Columbia91 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%391

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

How far

How far Holden commutes

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

15%

27%

40%

18%

15%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holden is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holden are

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

Jobs based in Holden

633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Holden residents hold

868 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−5%

Jobs based in Holden, 2013 → 2023: 666 → 633. 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.