Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, MO

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (16%), St. Joseph (7%) and Hamilton (5%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 208 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

208live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Kansas City45.9 mi away

16%35

St. Joseph42.2 mi away

7%14

Hamilton6.2 mi away

5%11

Kansas City, KS52.8 mi away

4%8

Polo7.4 mi away

4%8

Cameron11.9 mi away

4%8

Excelsior Springs24.5 mi away

4%8

Kingston1.1 mi away

3%6

North Kansas City45.6 mi away

3%6

Richmond26.7 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%105

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

16%

13%

43%

28%

16%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

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

Jobs based in Kingston

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−36%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 120. 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.