Work & commute · King

Work & commute in King, MO

Most working residents leave King for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (19%), Stanberry (17%) and Maryville (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 362 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 338 King residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in King.

338live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where King goes to work

St. Joseph25.5 mi away

19%69

Stanberry11.5 mi away

17%60

Maryville27.2 mi away

7%27

King City (in town)right here

7%24

Kansas City64 mi away

6%23

Albany17 mi away

4%13

Cooper10.8 mi away

2%9

Jackson3.5 mi away

2%7

Bethany30.2 mi away

1%5

Chillicothe54.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%120

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

How far

How far King commutes

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

38%

25%

28%

9%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

King is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in King are

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

Jobs based in King

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs King residents hold

362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−39%

Jobs based in King, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 197. 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.