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Jobs & commute in Bent Tree Harbor

Bent Tree Harbor has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. 18 jobs are based in Bent Tree Harbor, against 99 working residents. Only 3% stay in Bent Tree Harbor for work; outside it, Clinton is the main destination (10%, 17 miles).

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

Day and night

Bent Tree Harbor by day and by night

On a workday 96 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.

96live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
15work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night390
Workday310
390live here− 96head out to work+ 15come in to work= 310on a workday

About 310 people are in Bent Tree Harbor on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs 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

Out of Bent Tree Harbor to work: where people go

Girard: 2 residents work here (2%)SmithtonWarsaw: 8 residents work here (8%)Warrensburg: 3 residents work here (3%)Clinton: 10 residents work here (10%)Raymore: 2 residents work here (2%)Lebanon: 3 residents work here (3%)Sedalia: 8 residents work here (8%)Kansas City: 3 residents work here (3%)Springfield: 8 residents work here (8%)Bent Tree HarborClintonWarsawSedaliaSpringfieldWarrensburgLebanonBent Tree Harbor
1
Clinton17.4 mi away
10%10
2
Warsaw6.7 mi away
8%8
3
Sedalia34.5 mi away
8%8
4
Springfield73.4 mi away
8%8
5
Warrensburg37.6 mi away
3%3
6
Lebanon60.2 mi away
3%3
7
Kansas City83.4 mi away
3%3
8
Bent Tree Harbor (in town)right here
3%3
9
Girard, KS89.8 mi away
2%2
10
Raymore65 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%49
The top trips

Where Bent Tree Harbor 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

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in Bent Tree HarborJobs Bent Tree Harbor residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices100%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less61%28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%34%
Over $3,333 a month0%37%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 5417%46%
55 and older83%32%
+20%

Jobs based in Bent Tree Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 18. 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 Bent Tree Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bent Tree Harbor

Working from home
0%

of Bent Tree Harbor workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Bent Tree Harbor gets to work
96%Drive alone
4%Other

Share of the 113 commuters (the 0% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Bent Tree Harbor

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClinton: 10% · 17.4 miWarsaw: 8% · 6.7 miSedalia: 8% · 34.5 miSpringfield: 8% · 73.4 miWarrensburg: 3% · 37.6 miLebanon: 3% · 60.2 miKansas City: 3% · 83.4 miGirard: 2% · 89.8 miRaymore: 2% · 65 miClinton 10%Warsaw 8%Sedalia 8%Springfield 8%Warrensburg 3%Bent Tree Harbor
Bent Tree HarborTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi21 residents
14%10–24 mi14 residents
19%25–50 mi19 residents
45%Over 50 mi44 residents

About 45% 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.

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 Bent Tree Harbor: questions

What is the poverty rate in Bent Tree Harbor?

29.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Bent Tree Harbor work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (10%, 17 mi), Warsaw (8%, 7 mi), Sedalia (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bent Tree Harbor 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 Bent Tree Harbor, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bent Tree Harbor

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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.