Work & commute · Lake Arrowhead

Work & commute in Lake Arrowhead, MO

Most working residents leave Lake Arrowhead for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (31%), Liberty (9%) and St. Joseph (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 145 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 145 Lake Arrowhead residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Arrowhead.

145live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Arrowhead goes to work

Kansas City27.8 mi away

31%45

Liberty17.6 mi away

9%13

St. Joseph32.9 mi away

7%10

Lathrop5.4 mi away

5%7

Kearney9.2 mi away

5%7

Claycomo21.5 mi away

3%5

North Kansas City27.2 mi away

3%5

Kansas City, KS33.8 mi away

3%4

Plattsburg9.2 mi away

2%3

Excelsior Springs10.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%43

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

How far

How far Lake Arrowhead commutes

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

17%

28%

46%

10%

17%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Arrowhead is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Arrowhead are

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

Jobs based in Lake Arrowhead

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Lake Arrowhead residents hold

145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

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.