Work & commute · Medicine

Work & commute in Medicine, MO

Most working residents leave Medicine for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chillicothe (34%), Kansas City (12%) and Kansas City (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 59 Medicine residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medicine.

59live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medicine goes to work

Chillicothe11.4 mi away

34%20

Kansas City81.9 mi away

12%7

Kansas City, KS89.8 mi away

3%2

St. Joseph75.2 mi away

3%2

St. Louis191.8 mi away

3%2

Pekin, IL205 mi away

2%1

Adel, IA120.3 mi away

2%1

Carroll, IA166.1 mi away

2%1

Council Bluffs, IA156.5 mi away

2%1

Shawnee, KS97 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%21

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

How far

How far Medicine commutes

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

40%

10%

47%

3%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medicine is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Medicine are

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

Jobs based in Medicine

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Medicine residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+17%

Jobs based in Medicine, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 7. 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.