Work & commute · Lake Viking

Work & commute in Lake Viking, MO

Most working residents leave Lake Viking for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (10%), St. Joseph (7%) and Bethany (7%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 165 Lake Viking residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Viking.

165live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Viking goes to work

Kansas City61.2 mi away

10%17

St. Joseph41.6 mi away

7%12

Bethany23.5 mi away

7%11

Gallatin5.7 mi away

5%9

Cameron15.5 mi away

5%9

Trenton26.8 mi away

4%6

Chillicothe29.2 mi away

3%5

Liberty51.1 mi away

3%5

Pattonsburg9.8 mi away

2%4

Hamilton13.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%83

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

How far

How far Lake Viking commutes

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

25%

24%

42%

9%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Viking is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Viking are

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

Jobs based in Lake Viking

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lake Viking residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+13%

Jobs based in Lake Viking, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 61. 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.