Work & commute · Raytown

Work & commute in Raytown, MO

Most working residents leave Raytown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (38%), Lee's Summit (6%) and Overland Park (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

835 of 14,409 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,574 Raytown residents head out of town to work, 835 work right here, and 6,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Raytown.

13,574live here, work elsewhere

835live and work here

6,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Raytown goes to work

Kansas City10.2 mi away

38%5,502

Lee's Summit6.5 mi away

6%908

Raytown (in town)right here

6%835

Overland Park, KS14.3 mi away

6%802

Independence8.6 mi away

5%764

Kansas City, KS17.5 mi away

5%688

Lenexa, KS18.5 mi away

3%407

Olathe, KS20.8 mi away

2%296

Blue Springs10.5 mi away

2%279

North Kansas City11.5 mi away

2%269

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%3,659

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

How far

How far Raytown commutes

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

49%

39%

10%

49%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Raytown is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Raytown are

7,718 jobs are based in Raytown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Raytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Raytown

7,718 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Raytown residents hold

14,409 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−8%

Jobs based in Raytown, 2013 → 2023: 8,391 → 7,718. 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.