Work & commute · Warrensburg

Work & commute in Warrensburg, MO

About one in 3 of Warrensburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (9%), Sedalia (4%) and Lee's Summit (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

2,433 of 7,255 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,822 Warrensburg residents head out of town to work, 2,433 work right here, and 6,479 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warrensburg.

4,822live here, work elsewhere

2,433live and work here

6,479work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warrensburg goes to work

Warrensburg (in town)right here

34%2,433

Kansas City51.3 mi away

9%674

Sedalia26.3 mi away

4%288

Lee's Summit37.6 mi away

3%245

Columbia75.9 mi away

3%205

Independence40.8 mi away

2%163

Clinton27.1 mi away

2%143

Knob Noster8.5 mi away

2%117

Jefferson City84.3 mi away

1%93

Springfield110.6 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,811

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

How far

How far Warrensburg commutes

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

40%

23%

29%

40%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warrensburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Warrensburg are

8,912 jobs are based in Warrensburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warrensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warrensburg

8,912 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Warrensburg residents hold

7,255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+18%

Jobs based in Warrensburg, 2013 → 2023: 7,563 → 8,912. 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.