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Work & commute · White Oak

Work & commute in White Oak, MO

Most working residents leave White Oak for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bethany (24%), Kansas City (9%) and St. Joseph (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 153 working residents
Typical commute
44 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
40 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 153 White Oak residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Oak.

153live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
18work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White Oak goes to work

CharitonLamoniOsceolaLenexaOverland ParkKansas CityCoffeyGilman CityStewartsvilleCainsvilleAlbanyGallatinBethanyMaryvilleKearneySt. JosephKansas CityButlerDallasWhite OakBethanyAthensBethanyKansas CitySt. JosephLamoniOverland ParkAlbanyGallatinOsceolaLenexaKansas CityWhite Oak
1
Bethany6.5 mi away
24%37
2
Kansas City80.5 mi away
9%14
3
St. Joseph49 mi away
5%7
4
Lamoni, IA28.1 mi away
3%5
5
Overland Park, KS98.3 mi away
3%5
6
Albany9.7 mi away
3%5
7
Gallatin25.4 mi away
3%4
8
Osceola, IA57.6 mi away
2%3
9
Lenexa, KS95.3 mi away
2%3
10
Kansas City, KS83.9 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%67

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

How far

How far White Oak commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
5%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
44%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White Oak is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Oak are

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

Jobs based in White Oak

18 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities72%
Services (health, schools, offices…)11%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month56%
Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs White Oak residents hold

153 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−25%

Jobs based in White Oak, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 18. 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.

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