Work & commute · Weatherby Lake

Work & commute in Weatherby Lake, MO

Most working residents leave Weatherby Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (42%), Kansas City (6%) and North Kansas City (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,036 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,022 Weatherby Lake residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weatherby Lake.

1,022live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weatherby Lake goes to work

Kansas City10.9 mi away

42%432

Kansas City, KS8.1 mi away

6%65

North Kansas City9.6 mi away

6%58

Overland Park, KS23.9 mi away

6%57

Parkville1.4 mi away

3%30

St. Joseph36.9 mi away

3%28

Liberty14.8 mi away

2%23

Lee's Summit27.3 mi away

2%20

Leavenworth, KS13.7 mi away

2%16

Riverside5.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%292

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

How far

How far Weatherby Lake commutes

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

35%

46%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weatherby Lake is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weatherby Lake are

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

Jobs based in Weatherby Lake

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Weatherby Lake residents hold

1,036 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+32%

Jobs based in Weatherby Lake, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 196. 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.