Work & commute · Plattsburg

Work & commute in Plattsburg, MO

Most working residents leave Plattsburg for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (20%), St. Joseph (7%) and Liberty (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

108 of 1,019 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 911 Plattsburg residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 476 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plattsburg.

911live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

476work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plattsburg goes to work

Kansas City30 mi away

20%204

Plattsburg (in town)right here

11%108

St. Joseph23.7 mi away

7%69

Liberty21.7 mi away

5%56

Claycomo24.6 mi away

3%32

Smithville12.3 mi away

3%31

North Kansas City29.2 mi away

3%30

Lathrop7.7 mi away

2%25

Kansas City, KS33.3 mi away

2%22

Kearney14.8 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%422

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

How far

How far Plattsburg commutes

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

19%

33%

37%

12%

19%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plattsburg is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plattsburg are

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

Jobs based in Plattsburg

584 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Plattsburg residents hold

1,019 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−8%

Jobs based in Plattsburg, 2013 → 2023: 634 → 584. 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.