Work & commute · Sugar Creek

Work & commute in Sugar Creek, MO

Most working residents leave Sugar Creek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bethany (17%), Kansas City (6%) and Gilman City (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 161 Sugar Creek residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sugar Creek.

161live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sugar Creek goes to work

Bethany13 mi away

17%29

Kansas City81.9 mi away

6%10

Gilman City3.9 mi away

5%9

Trenton13.1 mi away

5%9

St. Joseph60.1 mi away

5%9

Springfield207.5 mi away

2%4

Jefferson16.5 mi away

2%4

Lamoni, IA31.6 mi away

2%3

Pattonsburg16.7 mi away

2%3

Eagleville22.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%87

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

How far

How far Sugar Creek commutes

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

36%

49%

7%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sugar Creek is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sugar Creek are

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

Jobs based in Sugar Creek

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Sugar Creek residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+145%

Jobs based in Sugar Creek, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 120. 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.