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Jobs & commute in Deepwater Township

Where Deepwater Township earns its living

There are 259 jobs in Deepwater Township, and 197 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% stay in Deepwater Township for work; outside it, Clinton is the main destination (27%, 16 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average (Missouri 24, U.S. 26).

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

259 jobs based here
Household income
$61K
median · Missouri $71K
Poverty
6.6%
Missouri 12.6%
Unemployment
6.8%
Missouri 4.0% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
28 min
Missouri 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
5%
10 of 197 working residents
Work from home
14%
Missouri 13% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Deepwater Township by day and by night

On a workday 187 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere.

187live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
249work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night600
Workday660
600live here− 190head out to work+ 250come in to work= 660on a workday

About 660 people are in Deepwater Township on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.31jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

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

Commuting out of Deepwater Township: the destinations

Montrose: 10 residents work here (5%)DeepwaterLowry CityAppleton City: 7 residents work here (4%)Warsaw: 3 residents work here (2%)Butler: 6 residents work here (3%)BolivarWarrensburg: 6 residents work here (3%)Clinton: 53 residents work here (27%)Sedalia: 6 residents work here (3%)Kansas City: 5 residents work here (3%)Springfield: 12 residents work here (6%)Aubry Township: 5 residents work here (3%)Walker TownshipDeepwater TownshipClinton TownshipOsage TownshipDeepwater TownshipBear Creek TownshipFairview TownshipClintonSpringfieldMontroseAppleton CityButlerWarrensburgDeepwater Township
1
Clinton15.5 mi away
27%53
2
Springfield83.6 mi away
6%12
3
Montrose1.9 mi away
5%10
4
Appleton City4.9 mi away
4%7
5
Butler17.5 mi away
3%6
6
Warrensburg38.2 mi away
3%6
7
Sedalia52.3 mi away
3%6
8
Kansas City66.3 mi away
3%5
9
Aubry Township, KS51 mi away
3%5
10
Warsaw35.3 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%84
The top trips

Where Deepwater Township clocks in

27% of workers
15.5 mi awayClinton53 Deepwater Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
83.6 mi awaySpringfield12 Deepwater Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%Montrose
5% of workers
1.9 mi awayMontrose10 Deepwater Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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

What Deepwater Township’s employers do

Jobs based in Deepwater TownshipJobs Deepwater Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms12%18%
Trade, transport & utilities16%20%
Services: health, schools, offices71%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%30%
Over $3,333 a month52%56%

Who does it

29 or younger16%18%
30 to 5453%50%
55 and older31%32%
+127%

Jobs based in Deepwater Township, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 259. 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 Deepwater Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri

A year of commuting
215 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Deepwater Township28 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

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

About 1 in 10
How Deepwater Township gets to work
85%Drive alone
9%Carpool
6%Walk

Share of the 224 commuters (the 14% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Deepwater Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClinton: 27% · 15.5 miSpringfield: 6% · 83.6 miMontrose: 5% · 1.9 miAppleton City: 4% · 4.9 miButler: 3% · 17.5 miWarrensburg: 3% · 38.2 miSedalia: 3% · 52.3 miKansas City: 3% · 66.3 miAubry Township: 3% · 51 miWarsaw: 2% · 35.3 miClinton 27%Springfield 6%Montrose 5%Appleton City 4%Butler 3%Deepwater Township
Deepwater TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi19 residents
37%10–24 mi72 residents
16%25–50 mi32 residents
38%Over 50 mi74 residents

About 38% 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

How Deepwater Township compares with the towns next door

Walker Township: few work hereBear Creek Township: few work hereWalker TownshipBear Creek TownshipDeepwater Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Bear Creek Township24 min
Walker Township26 min
Deepwater Township28 min
Walker Townshipunder 2% of Deepwater TownshipBear Creek Townshipunder 2% of Deepwater Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownDeepwater Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Deepwater Township–——28 min$61,000
Walker Townshipunder 2%——26 min—
Bear Creek Townshipunder 2%——24 min—

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

Darker towns draw more of Deepwater 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 Deepwater Township: questions

What is the median household income in Deepwater Township?

$61,000 (±$10,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Deepwater Township?

6.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Deepwater Township?

28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Deepwater Township work?

5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (27%, 16 mi), Springfield (6%, 84 mi), Montrose (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Deepwater Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Deepwater Township

Deepwater Township home →
$797median rent
HousingLive where you work?Homes and rent in Deepwater Township
28min commute
HandbookGetting around Deepwater TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in MOShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.