Work & commute · Union Star

Work & commute in Union Star, MO

Most working residents leave Union Star for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (36%), Kansas City (8%) and Stewartsville (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

82 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 168 Union Star residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Star.

168live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Star goes to work

St. Joseph19.3 mi away

36%61

Kansas City59.1 mi away

8%13

Stewartsville16.3 mi away

5%8

Cameron25.3 mi away

5%8

Independence63.1 mi away

4%6

Maysville13.8 mi away

2%4

Wathena, KS23 mi away

2%3

Kansas City, KS59.7 mi away

2%3

Liberty51.9 mi away

2%3

St. Louis250.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%56

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

How far

How far Union Star commutes

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

54%

10%

36%

1%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Star is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union Star are

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

Jobs based in Union Star

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Union Star residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−10%

Jobs based in Union Star, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 26. 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.