Work & commute · Whiteman AFB

Work & commute in Whiteman AFB, MO

Most working residents leave Whiteman AFB for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Warrensburg (11%), Kansas City (8%) and Sedalia (7%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 505 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 479 Whiteman AFB residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiteman AFB.

479live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whiteman AFB goes to work

Warrensburg9.3 mi away

11%55

Kansas City60.3 mi away

8%41

Sedalia17 mi away

7%34

Whiteman AFB (in town)right here

5%26

Columbia67.5 mi away

4%22

Knob Noster2.6 mi away

4%18

Jefferson City75 mi away

3%14

St. Louis178.4 mi away

2%11

Lee's Summit46.8 mi away

2%9

Overland Park, KS62.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%267

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

How far

How far Whiteman AFB commutes

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

21%

12%

58%

21%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whiteman AFB is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiteman AFB are

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

Jobs based in Whiteman AFB

423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Whiteman AFB residents hold

505 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

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Jobs based in Whiteman AFB, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 423. 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.