Work & commute · Oak Grove

Work & commute in Oak Grove, MO

Most working residents leave Oak Grove for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (22%), Blue Springs (9%) and Lee's Summit (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

313 of 3,921 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,608 Oak Grove residents head out of town to work, 313 work right here, and 1,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Grove.

3,608live here, work elsewhere

313live and work here

1,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Grove goes to work

Kansas City24.1 mi away

22%853

Blue Springs7.5 mi away

9%343

Lee's Summit15 mi away

9%340

Independence13.2 mi away

8%332

Oak Grove (in town)right here

8%313

Grain Valley4.6 mi away

4%160

Kansas City, KS33.9 mi away

3%124

Lenexa, KS36.4 mi away

2%97

Overland Park, KS31.3 mi away

2%80

North Kansas City25.2 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,202

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

How far

How far Oak Grove commutes

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

25%

40%

24%

11%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Grove is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Grove are

1,838 jobs are based in Oak Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oak Grove

1,838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Oak Grove residents hold

3,921 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−14%

Jobs based in Oak Grove, 2013 → 2023: 2,129 → 1,838. 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.