Work & commute · Raymore

Work & commute in Raymore, MO

Most working residents leave Raymore for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (29%), Overland Park (8%) and Lee's Summit (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

620 of 10,828 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,208 Raymore residents head out of town to work, 620 work right here, and 3,361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Raymore.

10,208live here, work elsewhere

620live and work here

3,361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Raymore goes to work

Kansas City22.8 mi away

29%3,125

Overland Park, KS13.8 mi away

8%864

Lee's Summit9.1 mi away

8%833

Raymore (in town)right here

6%620

Belton4 mi away

5%507

Lenexa, KS21.7 mi away

4%380

Grandview6.4 mi away

3%330

Independence20.3 mi away

3%327

Olathe, KS20.2 mi away

3%323

Kansas City, KS26.8 mi away

3%278

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,241

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

How far

How far Raymore commutes

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

28%

52%

10%

28%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Raymore is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Raymore are

3,981 jobs are based in Raymore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Raymore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Raymore

3,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Raymore residents hold

10,828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+52%

Jobs based in Raymore, 2013 → 2023: 2,620 → 3,981. 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.