Work & commute · Hughes

Work & commute in Hughes, MO

Most working residents leave Hughes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Maryville (34%), St. Joseph (11%) and Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 167 Hughes residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hughes.

167live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hughes goes to work

Maryville12.3 mi away

34%57

St. Joseph31.5 mi away

11%18

Kansas City77.7 mi away

5%8

Polk13.1 mi away

4%7

White Cloud6.5 mi away

2%4

Savannah19.9 mi away

2%3

Independence84 mi away

2%3

Nodaway17 mi away

2%3

Shenandoah, IA43.6 mi away

1%2

Clarinda, IA37.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%61

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

How far

How far Hughes commutes

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

48%

16%

30%

7%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hughes is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hughes are

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

Jobs based in Hughes

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hughes residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+38%

Jobs based in Hughes, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 95. 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.