Work & commute · Platte

Work & commute in Platte, MO

Most working residents leave Platte for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (31%), St. Joseph (6%) and Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

280 of 2,317 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 2,037 Platte residents head out of town to work, 280 work right here, and 2,556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Platte.

2,037live here, work elsewhere

280live and work here

2,556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Platte goes to work

Kansas City19.6 mi away

31%710

Platte City (in town)right here

12%280

St. Joseph27.8 mi away

6%128

Kansas City, KS16.4 mi away

5%120

North Kansas City18.3 mi away

4%86

Leavenworth, KS9.4 mi away

3%80

Lenexa, KS27.4 mi away

3%59

Liberty19.8 mi away

2%50

Overland Park, KS32.7 mi away

2%45

Lee's Summit36.2 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%716

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

How far

How far Platte commutes

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

28%

39%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Platte is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Platte are

2,836 jobs are based in Platte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Platte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Platte

2,836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Platte residents hold

2,317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+20%

Jobs based in Platte, 2013 → 2023: 2,365 → 2,836. 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.