Work & commute · Oakview

Work & commute in Oakview, MO

Most working residents leave Oakview for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (41%), Liberty (7%) and Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 185 Oakview residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakview.

185live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakview goes to work

Kansas City5.9 mi away

41%77

Liberty8.4 mi away

7%13

Kansas City, KS10.9 mi away

5%10

North Kansas City4.8 mi away

5%10

Gladstone0.7 mi away

4%8

Overland Park, KS23 mi away

3%5

Independence14.5 mi away

3%5

Lee's Summit22.2 mi away

3%5

Claycomo5 mi away

2%4

St. Joseph40.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%45

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

How far

How far Oakview commutes

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

56%

30%

56%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakview is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakview are

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

Jobs based in Oakview

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Oakview residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+14%

Jobs based in Oakview, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 175. 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.