Work & commute · Peculiar

Work & commute in Peculiar, MO

Most working residents leave Peculiar for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (26%), Lee's Summit (7%) and Overland Park (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

139 of 2,851 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,712 Peculiar residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 1,102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peculiar.

2,712live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

1,102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peculiar goes to work

Kansas City27.4 mi away

26%736

Lee's Summit13.8 mi away

7%205

Overland Park, KS16 mi away

7%199

Belton6.7 mi away

6%165

Peculiar (in town)right here

5%139

Raymore4.9 mi away

4%114

Harrisonville8.7 mi away

4%111

Lenexa, KS24 mi away

3%94

Kansas City, KS30.6 mi away

3%85

Olathe, KS21.4 mi away

3%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%925

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

How far

How far Peculiar commutes

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

25%

47%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peculiar is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peculiar are

1,241 jobs are based in Peculiar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peculiar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Peculiar

1,241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Peculiar residents hold

2,851 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+93%

Jobs based in Peculiar, 2013 → 2023: 643 → 1,241. 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.