Work & commute · Rock Port

Work & commute in Rock Port, MO

About one in 4 of Rock Port’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (4%), Kansas City (4%) and Tarkio (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

146 of 522 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 376 Rock Port residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Port.

376live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Port goes to work

Rock Port (in town)right here

28%146

St. Joseph58.7 mi away

4%19

Kansas City103 mi away

4%19

Tarkio8.2 mi away

3%18

Maryville35.2 mi away

3%16

Hamburg, IA15 mi away

2%9

Fairfax8.9 mi away

2%8

Shenandoah, IA25.4 mi away

1%7

Lenexa, KS107.1 mi away

1%5

Craig17.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%271

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

How far

How far Rock Port commutes

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

52%

32%

52%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Port is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Port are

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

Jobs based in Rock Port

492 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rock Port residents hold

522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−26%

Jobs based in Rock Port, 2013 → 2023: 661 → 492. 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.