Work & commute · Weston

Work & commute in Weston, MO

Most working residents leave Weston for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (26%), St. Joseph (6%) and Platte City (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 788 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 717 Weston residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 332 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weston.

717live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

332work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weston goes to work

Kansas City26.5 mi away

26%204

Weston (in town)right here

9%71

St. Joseph24.8 mi away

6%51

Platte City7.8 mi away

6%46

Leavenworth, KS5.9 mi away

4%35

Kansas City, KS21 mi away

3%26

Overland Park, KS37.2 mi away

3%24

North Kansas City25.3 mi away

3%21

Lenexa, KS30.7 mi away

2%16

Olathe, KS36.3 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%280

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

How far

How far Weston commutes

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

25%

24%

39%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weston is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weston are

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

Jobs based in Weston

403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Weston residents hold

788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+2%

Jobs based in Weston, 2013 → 2023: 397 → 403. 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.