Work & commute · Ridge

Work & commute in Ridge, MO

Most working residents leave Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (16%), Chillicothe (14%) and Hale (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 163 Ridge residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridge.

163live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridge goes to work

Carrollton10.3 mi away

16%27

Chillicothe23.7 mi away

14%23

Hale8.8 mi away

7%12

Columbia67.1 mi away

7%11

Kansas City67.5 mi away

5%9

Sedalia54 mi away

3%5

Wakenda12.3 mi away

2%4

Bosworth2.2 mi away

2%3

Brunswick13.7 mi away

2%3

Marshall26.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%66

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

How far

How far Ridge commutes

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

17%

36%

39%

17%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridge is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Ridge

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ridge residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+16%

Jobs based in Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 78. 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.