Work & commute · Wakenda

Work & commute in Wakenda, MO

Most working residents leave Wakenda for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (45%), Chillicothe (4%) and Carrollton (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 154 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 151 Wakenda residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wakenda.

151live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wakenda goes to work

Carrollton3.4 mi away

45%69

Chillicothe33.2 mi away

4%6

Carrollton5.3 mi away

4%6

Marshall20 mi away

3%5

Kansas City59.3 mi away

3%5

Columbia66.4 mi away

3%4

Liberty51 mi away

2%3

Independence49.9 mi away

2%3

Higginsville22.2 mi away

1%2

Richmond27 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%49

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

How far

How far Wakenda commutes

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

53%

10%

12%

26%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wakenda is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wakenda are

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

Jobs based in Wakenda

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Wakenda residents hold

154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−11%

Jobs based in Wakenda, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 153. 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.