Work & commute · Odessa

Work & commute in Odessa, MO

Most working residents leave Odessa for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (16%), Blue Springs (7%) and Lee's Summit (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

314 of 2,490 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,176 Odessa residents head out of town to work, 314 work right here, and 928 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odessa.

2,176live here, work elsewhere

314live and work here

928work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odessa goes to work

Kansas City32.5 mi away

16%406

Odessa (in town)right here

13%314

Blue Springs16.2 mi away

7%180

Lee's Summit23.1 mi away

7%167

Independence21.5 mi away

6%158

Grain Valley13.3 mi away

4%102

Kansas City, KS42.5 mi away

2%51

Oak Grove8.7 mi away

2%47

Liberty29.5 mi away

2%44

Overland Park, KS39.7 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%978

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

How far

How far Odessa commutes

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

19%

33%

37%

11%

19%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odessa is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Odessa are

1,242 jobs are based in Odessa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Odessa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Odessa

1,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Odessa residents hold

2,490 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−5%

Jobs based in Odessa, 2013 → 2023: 1,306 → 1,242. 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.