Work & commute · Parkville

Work & commute in Parkville, MO

Most working residents leave Parkville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (42%), Kansas City (6%) and North Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

134 of 3,467 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,333 Parkville residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 3,133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkville.

3,333live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

3,133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkville goes to work

Kansas City10.3 mi away

42%1,439

Kansas City, KS6.7 mi away

6%202

North Kansas City9.1 mi away

5%190

Overland Park, KS22.5 mi away

4%146

Parkville (in town)right here

4%134

Riverside4.8 mi away

3%93

Liberty15.4 mi away

2%79

Lenexa, KS18 mi away

2%71

St. Joseph38.2 mi away

2%71

Independence20.9 mi away

2%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%971

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

How far

How far Parkville commutes

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

45%

39%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkville 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 Parkville are

3,267 jobs are based in Parkville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parkville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parkville

3,267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Parkville residents hold

3,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Parkville, 2013 → 2023: 3,165 → 3,267. 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.

Work & commute in Parkville, MO

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Parkville goes to work

How far Parkville commutes

Parkville is balanced between jobs and homes

What the jobs in Parkville are

Jobs based in Parkville

Jobs Parkville residents hold

How to read this page

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