Work & commute · Nodaway

Work & commute in Nodaway, MO

Most working residents leave Nodaway for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Maryville (31%), St. Joseph (12%) and Polk (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 343 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 334 Nodaway residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nodaway.

334live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nodaway goes to work

Maryville10.3 mi away

31%105

St. Joseph48.2 mi away

12%41

Polk10 mi away

4%13

Kansas City94.2 mi away

3%12

Clarinda, IA20.5 mi away

3%11

Hopkins12.9 mi away

3%10

Chillicothe89.5 mi away

1%5

Nodaway (in town)right here

1%5

Shenandoah, IA28.8 mi away

1%4

Overland Park, KS108.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%133

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

How far

How far Nodaway commutes

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

11%

39%

18%

32%

11%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nodaway is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nodaway are

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

Jobs based in Nodaway

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Nodaway residents hold

343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−13%

Jobs based in Nodaway, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 107. 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.