Work & commute · Hopkins

Work & commute in Hopkins, MO

Most working residents leave Hopkins for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Maryville (27%), St. Joseph (11%) and Kansas City (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 181 Hopkins residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hopkins.

181live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hopkins goes to work

Maryville14.7 mi away

27%52

St. Joseph54.7 mi away

11%21

Kansas City99.5 mi away

7%13

Hopkins (in town)right here

5%10

Clarinda, IA17.2 mi away

5%9

Burlington Junction15 mi away

3%5

Shenandoah, IA32.4 mi away

2%4

Chillicothe85 mi away

2%4

Polk13.8 mi away

2%4

Overland Park, KS115 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%66

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

How far

How far Hopkins commutes

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

43%

12%

40%

5%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hopkins is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hopkins are

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

Jobs based in Hopkins

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Hopkins residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Hopkins, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 135. 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.