Work & commute · Kingsville

Work & commute in Kingsville, MO

Most working residents leave Kingsville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (19%), Holden (7%) and Independence (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 86 Kingsville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingsville.

86live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingsville goes to work

Kansas City36.9 mi away

19%17

Holden4.9 mi away

7%6

Independence28 mi away

7%6

Kingsville (in town)right here

5%5

Harrisonville16.4 mi away

5%5

Lee's Summit20.9 mi away

5%5

Grandview26.1 mi away

3%3

Odessa18.5 mi away

2%2

North Kansas City38.1 mi away

2%2

Gladstone41.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%38

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

How far

How far Kingsville commutes

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

16%

30%

35%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingsville is a job hub

3.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingsville are

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

Jobs based in Kingsville

305 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Kingsville residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Kingsville, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 305. 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.