Work & commute · West Boone

Work & commute in West Boone, MO

Most working residents leave West Boone for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (11%), Harrisonville (8%) and Walnut (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 202 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 197 West Boone residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Boone.

197live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Boone goes to work

Butler16.6 mi away

11%23

Harrisonville18.1 mi away

8%16

Walnut18.8 mi away

4%9

Kansas City47.5 mi away

3%7

Mount Pleasant15.9 mi away

3%7

Hume24.1 mi away

3%6

Adrian11 mi away

3%6

Nevada42.3 mi away

3%6

Springfield109.7 mi away

3%6

Drexel5.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%111

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

How far

How far West Boone commutes

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

44%

22%

27%

7%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Boone is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Boone are

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

Jobs based in West Boone

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs West Boone residents hold

202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−35%

Jobs based in West Boone, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 74. 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.