Work & commute · Polo

Work & commute in Polo, MO

Most working residents leave Polo for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (14%), Cameron (5%) and Liberty (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 191 Polo residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Polo.

191live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Polo goes to work

Kansas City40.3 mi away

14%29

Polo (in town)right here

6%13

Cameron16.9 mi away

5%11

Liberty29.7 mi away

4%9

Kansas City, KS48 mi away

4%8

Claycomo34 mi away

4%8

Kearney21.9 mi away

3%7

Hamilton13.4 mi away

3%6

Excelsior Springs18.3 mi away

3%6

St. Joseph44.2 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%101

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

How far

How far Polo commutes

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

13%

21%

45%

21%

13%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Polo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Polo are

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

Jobs based in Polo

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Polo residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−2%

Jobs based in Polo, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 175. 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.