Work & commute · Savannah

Work & commute in Savannah, MO

Most working residents leave Savannah for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (53%), Kansas City (8%) and Wathena (1%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

246 of 2,118 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,872 Savannah residents head out of town to work, 246 work right here, and 905 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Savannah.

1,872live here, work elsewhere

246live and work here

905work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Savannah goes to work

St. Joseph12.4 mi away

53%1,132

Savannah (in town)right here

12%246

Kansas City58.1 mi away

8%161

Wathena, KS13.3 mi away

1%29

Maryville28 mi away

1%21

Independence64.2 mi away

1%17

Lee's Summit74.2 mi away

1%16

Platte City40.2 mi away

1%15

Columbia150 mi away

1%14

Country Club6.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%455

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

How far

How far Savannah commutes

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

20%

53%

21%

20%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Savannah 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 Savannah are

1,151 jobs are based in Savannah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Savannah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Savannah

1,151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Savannah residents hold

2,118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in Savannah, 2013 → 2023: 1,219 → 1,151. 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.