Crystal Lakes has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers; Missouri has 13%. Crystal Lakes has 17 jobs for 263 working residents. Hardly any stay in Crystal Lakes for work; outside it, Kansas City is the main destination (28%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Crystal Lakes: the gist
Crystal Lakes is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Crystal Lakes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crystal Lakes has about 150 people in it, 62% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Crystal Lakes works in Kansas City
73 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Kansas City, 25 miles away. That’s far more as work in Crystal Lakes itself. The commute map ↓
Few Crystal Lakes workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 263 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Crystal Lakes
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Crystal Lakes on a workday afternoon, 62% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Crystal Lakes work
Where Crystal Lakes clocks in
28% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
From Crystal Lakes, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Lakes workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 175 commuters (the 1% 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 Crystal Lakes, 53% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 17. 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 Crystal Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Crystal Lakes
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.
Work in the towns next to Crystal Lakes
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal Lakes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lakes | – | — | — | 27 min | $69,107 |
| Homestead | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Homestead: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crystal Lakes’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Crystal Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Lakes?
$69,107 (±$26,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Lakes?
23.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Lakes?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal Lakes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (28%, 25 mi), Excelsior Springs (12%, 3 mi), Liberty (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crystal Lakes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal Lakes
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.