Work & commute · Sedalia

Work & commute in Sedalia, MO

40% of Sedalia’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (4%), Columbia (4%) and Warrensburg (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

3,951 of 9,784 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 5,833 Sedalia residents head out of town to work, 3,951 work right here, and 10,053 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sedalia.

5,833live here, work elsewhere

3,951live and work here

10,053work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sedalia goes to work

Sedalia (in town)right here

40%3,951

Kansas City76.4 mi away

4%429

Columbia51.7 mi away

4%366

Warrensburg26.3 mi away

3%257

Marshall28.4 mi away

2%155

Jefferson City58 mi away

1%130

Independence65.5 mi away

1%125

Lee's Summit63.6 mi away

1%112

Springfield104.4 mi away

1%84

Sweet Springs20.4 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%4,104

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

How far

How far Sedalia commutes

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

56%

31%

56%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sedalia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sedalia are

14,004 jobs are based in Sedalia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sedalia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sedalia

14,004 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sedalia residents hold

9,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+7%

Jobs based in Sedalia, 2013 → 2023: 13,127 → 14,004. 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.