Work & commute · Smithville

Work & commute in Smithville, MO

Most working residents leave Smithville for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (35%), Kansas City (5%) and North Kansas City (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

480 of 5,065 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,585 Smithville residents head out of town to work, 480 work right here, and 1,905 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithville.

4,585live here, work elsewhere

480live and work here

1,905work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithville goes to work

Kansas City18.8 mi away

35%1,754

Smithville (in town)right here

9%480

Kansas City, KS21 mi away

5%238

North Kansas City17.8 mi away

4%220

Liberty13.5 mi away

4%206

St. Joseph28.4 mi away

3%170

Overland Park, KS35.7 mi away

2%119

Claycomo14.6 mi away

2%119

Independence24.5 mi away

2%107

Lee's Summit34.3 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,559

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

How far

How far Smithville commutes

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

18%

48%

25%

10%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithville is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithville are

2,385 jobs are based in Smithville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Smithville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Smithville

2,385 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Smithville residents hold

5,065 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+33%

Jobs based in Smithville, 2013 → 2023: 1,789 → 2,385. 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.