Work & commute · Rich Hill

Work & commute in Rich Hill, MO

Most working residents leave Rich Hill for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (13%), Nevada (6%) and Appleton City (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 460 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 418 Rich Hill residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rich Hill.

418live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rich Hill goes to work

Butler11.4 mi away

13%59

Rich Hill (in town)right here

9%42

Nevada17.4 mi away

6%27

Appleton City19.2 mi away

5%25

Kansas City71.8 mi away

4%19

Osage0.3 mi away

4%19

Harrisonville38.3 mi away

3%15

Springfield85.5 mi away

3%15

Adrian21.3 mi away

3%13

Prairie7.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%217

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

How far

How far Rich Hill commutes

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

15%

34%

13%

37%

15%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rich Hill is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rich Hill are

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

Jobs based in Rich Hill

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rich Hill residents hold

460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−22%

Jobs based in Rich Hill, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 196. 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.