Work & commute · Shawnee

Work & commute in Shawnee, MO

Most working residents leave Shawnee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Adrian (14%), Butler (11%) and Harrisonville (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 80 Shawnee residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shawnee.

80live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shawnee goes to work

Adrian7.2 mi away

14%11

Butler9.2 mi away

11%9

Harrisonville21.2 mi away

9%7

Jefferson City112 mi away

6%5

Joplin90 mi away

5%4

Springfield95.3 mi away

5%4

Pittsburg, KS70.2 mi away

2%2

Archie10.7 mi away

2%2

Clinton24.9 mi away

2%2

Kansas City55.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%33

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

How far

How far Shawnee commutes

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

28%

22%

12%

37%

28%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shawnee is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shawnee are

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

Jobs based in Shawnee

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Shawnee residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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.