Work & commute · Pattonsburg

Work & commute in Pattonsburg, MO

Most working residents leave Pattonsburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (14%), St. Joseph (7%) and Cameron (5%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 124 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 118 Pattonsburg residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pattonsburg.

118live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pattonsburg goes to work

Kansas City69.3 mi away

14%17

St. Joseph43.4 mi away

7%9

Pattonsburg (in town)right here

5%6

Cameron23.4 mi away

5%6

Jamesport16.3 mi away

5%6

Bethany14.4 mi away

4%5

Lee's Summit80.6 mi away

4%5

Overland Park, KS87.2 mi away

2%3

Gallatin13.4 mi away

2%3

North Kansas City68.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%61

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

How far

How far Pattonsburg commutes

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

30%

15%

49%

7%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pattonsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pattonsburg are

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

Jobs based in Pattonsburg

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pattonsburg residents hold

124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−3%

Jobs based in Pattonsburg, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 115. 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.