Work & commute · West Line

Work & commute in West Line, MO

Most working residents leave West Line for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (16%), Overland Park (13%) and Lenexa (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 62 West Line residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Line.

62live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Line goes to work

Kansas City33.9 mi away

16%10

Overland Park, KS18.4 mi away

13%8

Lenexa, KS25.6 mi away

5%3

Olathe, KS21.1 mi away

5%3

Paola, KS15.3 mi away

3%2

Leawood, KS18.9 mi away

3%2

Kansas City, KS34.6 mi away

3%2

Harrisonville12.8 mi away

3%2

Lee's Summit22.6 mi away

3%2

Mission, KS27.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%27

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

How far

How far West Line commutes

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

15%

52%

29%

15%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Line 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 Line are

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

Jobs based in West Line

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs West Line residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+2200%

Jobs based in West Line, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 23. 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.