Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, MO

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (17%), Hamilton (5%) and Excelsior Springs (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 115 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

115live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Kansas City45 mi away

17%20

Kingston (in town)right here

5%6

Hamilton7.2 mi away

5%6

Excelsior Springs23.5 mi away

5%6

Cameron12.5 mi away

4%5

St. Joseph42.4 mi away

4%5

Kansas City, KS52 mi away

3%4

Polo6.3 mi away

3%4

Pleasant Valley37.7 mi away

3%4

Grant4.9 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%57

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.

17%

16%

41%

26%

17%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

119 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

119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−25%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 119. 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.