Work & commute · Lone Jack

Work & commute in Lone Jack, MO

Most working residents leave Lone Jack for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (27%), Lee's Summit (18%) and Independence (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 764 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 732 Lone Jack residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lone Jack.

732live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lone Jack goes to work

Kansas City26.3 mi away

27%206

Lee's Summit11.3 mi away

18%140

Independence17.3 mi away

4%34

Overland Park, KS27.2 mi away

4%32

Lone Jack (in town)right here

4%32

Blue Springs10.7 mi away

3%26

Lenexa, KS33.9 mi away

3%21

Kansas City, KS34.6 mi away

2%18

Grandview18.1 mi away

2%18

Raytown17.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%223

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

How far

How far Lone Jack commutes

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

12%

49%

29%

10%

12%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lone Jack is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lone Jack are

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

Jobs based in Lone Jack

396 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lone Jack residents hold

764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+23%

Jobs based in Lone Jack, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 396. 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.