Work & commute · West Point

Work & commute in West Point, MO

Most working residents leave West Point for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (13%), Kansas City (6%) and Mount Pleasant (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 121 West Point residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Point.

121live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Point goes to work

Butler13.9 mi away

13%16

Kansas City52.8 mi away

6%8

Mount Pleasant13.2 mi away

6%7

Adrian11.9 mi away

5%6

Harrisonville22.9 mi away

5%6

Jefferson City129.8 mi away

5%6

Walnut13.5 mi away

4%5

Drexel9.9 mi away

3%4

Fort Scott, KS37.7 mi away

2%3

Columbia127.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%61

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

How far

How far West Point commutes

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

10%

44%

13%

33%

10%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Point is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Point are

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

Jobs based in West Point

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs West Point residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+242%

Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 82. 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.