Work & commute · Leeton

Work & commute in Leeton, MO

Most working residents leave Leeton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Warrensburg (13%), Kansas City (9%) and Lee's Summit (6%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 175 Leeton residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leeton.

175live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leeton goes to work

Warrensburg12.4 mi away

13%23

Kansas City59.3 mi away

9%17

Lee's Summit43.9 mi away

6%11

Leeton (in town)right here

5%9

Clinton15.2 mi away

4%8

Holden18.2 mi away

3%5

Knob Noster14.6 mi away

2%4

Sedalia26.2 mi away

2%4

Blue Springs42.7 mi away

2%4

Independence49.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%95

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

How far

How far Leeton commutes

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

10%

34%

21%

35%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leeton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leeton are

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

Jobs based in Leeton

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Leeton residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+23%

Jobs based in Leeton, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 172. 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.