Work & commute · Sugar Creek

Work & commute in Sugar Creek, MO

Most working residents leave Sugar Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (33%), Independence (14%) and Lee's Summit (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 1,555 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,511 Sugar Creek residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sugar Creek.

1,511live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sugar Creek goes to work

Kansas City7.8 mi away

33%509

Independence4.9 mi away

14%221

Lee's Summit15.3 mi away

7%102

Overland Park, KS23.3 mi away

4%69

Kansas City, KS18.1 mi away

4%66

North Kansas City8.5 mi away

3%44

Sugar Creek (in town)right here

3%44

Liberty6.8 mi away

3%39

Blue Springs11.7 mi away

2%30

Olathe, KS28.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%406

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.

51%

34%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sugar Creek is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sugar Creek are

1,021 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

1,021 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Sugar Creek residents hold

1,555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+36%

Jobs based in Sugar Creek, 2013 → 2023: 749 → 1,021. 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.