Work & commute · Ravenwood

Work & commute in Ravenwood, MO

Most working residents leave Ravenwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Maryville (39%), St. Joseph (13%) and Polk (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 169 Ravenwood residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravenwood.

169live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravenwood goes to work

Maryville10.4 mi away

39%67

St. Joseph41.7 mi away

13%22

Polk10.1 mi away

4%7

Chillicothe70.9 mi away

4%6

Kansas City85 mi away

3%5

Clarinda, IA32.7 mi away

2%3

Grant City16.4 mi away

1%2

Oak Grove97.3 mi away

1%2

Nevada174.1 mi away

1%2

Joplin226.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%52

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

How far

How far Ravenwood commutes

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

12%

41%

18%

29%

12%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravenwood is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravenwood are

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

Jobs based in Ravenwood

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Ravenwood residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+1%

Jobs based in Ravenwood, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 84. 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.