Work & commute · Hume

Work & commute in Hume, MO

Most working residents leave Hume for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (10%), Harrisonville (9%) and Mount Pleasant (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 76 Hume residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hume.

76live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hume goes to work

Butler17.6 mi away

10%8

Harrisonville40.7 mi away

9%7

Mount Pleasant17.7 mi away

6%5

Fort Scott, KS19.3 mi away

4%3

West Point18.8 mi away

4%3

Louisburg, KS37 mi away

3%2

Hume (in town)right here

3%2

Belton50.4 mi away

3%2

Kansas City71.5 mi away

3%2

West Boone24.1 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%42

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

How far

How far Hume commutes

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

37%

24%

33%

5%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hume is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hume are

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

Jobs based in Hume

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Hume residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+23%

Jobs based in Hume, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 64. 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.