Work & commute · Platte Woods

Work & commute in Platte Woods, MO

Most working residents leave Platte Woods for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (45%), Kansas City (7%) and Overland Park (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 195 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 192 Platte Woods residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 358 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Platte Woods.

192live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

358work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Platte Woods goes to work

Kansas City9 mi away

45%88

Kansas City, KS8.8 mi away

7%13

Overland Park, KS23.6 mi away

5%10

North Kansas City7.7 mi away

4%8

Lenexa, KS20 mi away

4%7

Riverside4.1 mi away

3%6

Lee's Summit25.6 mi away

3%6

Wichita, KS180.5 mi away

2%3

Platte Woods (in town)right here

2%3

Claycomo9.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%48

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

How far

How far Platte Woods commutes

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

45%

39%

45%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Platte Woods is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Platte Woods are

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

Jobs based in Platte Woods

361 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Platte Woods residents hold

195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−43%

Jobs based in Platte Woods, 2013 → 2023: 638 → 361. 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.