Work & commute · Lawson

Work & commute in Lawson, MO

Most working residents leave Lawson for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (22%), Excelsior Springs (9%) and Liberty (9%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 1,164 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,096 Lawson residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawson.

1,096live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawson goes to work

Kansas City27.6 mi away

22%259

Excelsior Springs6.5 mi away

9%106

Liberty17 mi away

9%102

Lawson (in town)right here

6%68

Claycomo21.3 mi away

4%52

Kearney9.1 mi away

4%42

Kansas City, KS35.2 mi away

3%33

Independence25 mi away

3%30

Lee's Summit36.4 mi away

2%29

North Kansas City27.4 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%415

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

How far

How far Lawson commutes

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

21%

27%

38%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawson 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 Lawson are

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

Jobs based in Lawson

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lawson residents hold

1,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−12%

Jobs based in Lawson, 2013 → 2023: 484 → 427. 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.