Work & commute · Lake Winnebago

Work & commute in Lake Winnebago, MO

Most working residents leave Lake Winnebago for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (26%), Lee's Summit (18%) and Overland Park (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 672 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 662 Lake Winnebago residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Winnebago.

662live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Winnebago goes to work

Kansas City23.3 mi away

26%176

Lee's Summit7 mi away

18%122

Overland Park, KS18.3 mi away

7%48

Lenexa, KS25.8 mi away

3%20

Kansas City, KS29.1 mi away

3%20

Belton9 mi away

3%17

Pleasant Hill4.8 mi away

2%15

Independence18.3 mi away

2%14

Blue Springs14.1 mi away

2%13

Lake Winnebago (in town)right here

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%217

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

How far

How far Lake Winnebago commutes

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

30%

47%

12%

11%

30%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Winnebago is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Winnebago are

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

Jobs based in Lake Winnebago

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lake Winnebago residents hold

672 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+142%

Jobs based in Lake Winnebago, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 174. 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.