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Jobs & commute in Bee Branch Township

Bee Branch Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

Hardly any work in Bee Branch Township; the top destination outside it is Marceline (16%, 10 miles). 10 jobs are based in Bee Branch Township, and 122 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers, against 13% across Missouri.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Bee Branch Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 122 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.

122live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
10work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night280
Workday170
280live here− 120head out to work+ 10come in to work= 170on a workday

About 170 people are in Bee Branch Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Bee Branch Township goes to work

CallaoVandaliaMarceline: 20 residents work here (16%)Carrollton: 3 residents work here (2%)Brookfield: 12 residents work here (10%)Gladstone: 3 residents work here (2%)Chillicothe: 5 residents work here (4%)Marshall: 4 residents work here (3%)Excelsior Springs: 3 residents work here (2%)Moberly: 5 residents work here (4%)Kansas City: 6 residents work here (5%)IndependenceColumbia: 9 residents work here (7%)Brookfield TownshipWayland TownshipSalt Creek TownshipBee Branch TownshipClark TownshipCockrell TownshipMarcelineBrookfieldColumbiaKansas CityChillicotheMoberlyBee Branch Township
1
Marceline9.7 mi away
16%20
2
Brookfield18 mi away
10%12
3
Columbia55 mi away
7%9
4
Kansas City101.6 mi away
5%6
5
Chillicothe41.8 mi away
4%5
6
Moberly24.9 mi away
4%5
7
Marshall44 mi away
3%4
8
Carrollton43.4 mi away
2%3
9
Gladstone99.9 mi away
2%3
10
Excelsior Springs81.1 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%52
The top trips

Where Bee Branch Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 80% of Bee Branch Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Bee Branch TownshipJobs Bee Branch Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms80%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%28%
Services: health, schools, offices20%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%28%
Over $3,333 a month60%53%

Who does it

29 or younger10%23%
30 to 5450%48%
55 and older40%29%
−75%

Jobs based in Bee Branch Township, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 10. 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 Bee Branch Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 35 minutes from Bee Branch Township

A year of commuting
270 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bee Branch Township35 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
23%

of Bee Branch Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Bee Branch Township gets to work
89%Drive alone
5%Carpool
5%Other

Share of the 110 commuters (the 23% 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.

How far

Bee Branch Township’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMarceline: 16% · 9.7 miBrookfield: 10% · 18 miColumbia: 7% · 55 miKansas City: 5% · 101.6 miChillicothe: 4% · 41.8 miMoberly: 4% · 24.9 miMarshall: 3% · 44 miCarrollton: 2% · 43.4 miGladstone: 2% · 99.9 miExcelsior Springs: 2% · 81.1 miMarceline 16%Brookfield 10%Columbia 7%Kansas City 5%Bee Branch Township
Bee Branch TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi16 residents
28%10–24 mi34 residents
16%25–50 mi19 residents
43%Over 50 mi53 residents

About 43% 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.

Next door

The towns around Bee Branch Township

Cockrell Township: few work hereClark Township: few work hereWayland Township: few work hereCockrell TownshipClark TownshipWayland TownshipBee Branch Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Clark Township15 min
Cockrell Township25 min
Bee Branch Township35 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBee Branch Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Bee Branch Township–——35 min$78,618
Cockrell Townshipunder 3%——25 min—
Clark Townshipunder 3%——15 min—
Wayland Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Cockrell Township, Clark Township and Wayland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Bee Branch Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bee Branch Township: questions

What is the median household income in Bee Branch Township?

$78,618 (±$1,104) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bee Branch Township?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bee Branch Township?

35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bee Branch Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marceline (16%, 10 mi), Brookfield (10%, 18 mi), Columbia (7%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bee Branch Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bee Branch Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bee Branch Township

Bee Branch Township home →

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.