Work & commute · Jamesport

Work & commute in Jamesport, MO

Most working residents leave Jamesport for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gallatin (11%), Kansas City (8%) and Cameron (6%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 198 Jamesport residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jamesport.

198live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jamesport goes to work

Gallatin9.6 mi away

11%22

Kansas City70.9 mi away

8%16

Cameron27.8 mi away

6%13

St. Joseph56 mi away

6%13

Trenton12.9 mi away

4%9

Jamesport (in town)right here

3%6

Chillicothe18.4 mi away

3%6

Jefferson City130.5 mi away

3%6

Kansas City, KS77.3 mi away

2%4

North Kansas City70.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%105

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

How far

How far Jamesport commutes

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

14%

22%

13%

51%

14%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jamesport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jamesport are

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

Jobs based in Jamesport

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Jamesport residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+11%

Jobs based in Jamesport, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 184. 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.