Work & commute · Slater

Work & commute in Slater, MO

About one in 5 of Slater’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marshall (21%), Columbia (6%) and Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

167 of 800 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 633 Slater residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slater.

633live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slater goes to work

Marshall10.5 mi away

21%168

Slater (in town)right here

21%167

Columbia44 mi away

6%45

Kansas City79.8 mi away

5%37

Glasgow12.2 mi away

3%20

Sedalia36.9 mi away

3%20

Fayette21 mi away

1%11

Jefferson City65.9 mi away

1%11

Lee's Summit73.8 mi away

1%9

St. Louis156.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%305

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

How far

How far Slater commutes

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

32%

23%

16%

30%

32%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slater is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Slater are

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

Jobs based in Slater

488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Slater residents hold

800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+64%

Jobs based in Slater, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 488. 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.