St. Joseph draws more than half of Agency’s working residents
Employers in Agency report 21 jobs; 242 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Agency; the top destination outside it is St. Joseph (54%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Agency
More than half of Agency works in St. Joseph
130 working residents, 54%, have their main job in St. Joseph, 8.2 miles away. That’s far more as work in Agency itself. The commute map ↓
Agency is a place people come home to
There are 21 jobs based in Agency, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Agency has about 430 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Agency’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Missouri average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 242 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Agency work
Where Agency clocks in
54% of workers
10% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How a workday changes Agency
On a workday 242 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Agency on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Agency takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Agency workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 466 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Agency, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Agency, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 21. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Agency’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Agency
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Agency: questions
What is the median household income in Agency?
$106,000 (±$12,768) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Agency?
1.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Agency?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Agency work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Agency without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Agency, from the people who make the trip.
More of Agency
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.