For about half of its working residents, Ferrelview is a commute to Kansas City
Home is the office for 4% of workers (Missouri 13%). Hardly any work in Ferrelview; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (46%, 14 miles). At 23 minutes each way, commutes from Ferrelview run about the Missouri average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ferrelview at work: what stands out
Ferrelview is a place people come home to
There are 10 jobs based in Ferrelview, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ferrelview has about 300 people in it, 55% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Ferrelview workers work from home
Only 4% 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 368 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Ferrelview ends
Where Ferrelview clocks in
46% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Ferrelview
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Ferrelview on a workday afternoon, 55% fewer than live here.
0.03 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Ferrelview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferrelview workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 434 commuters (the 4% 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.
What work there is in Ferrelview: 10 jobs
10 jobs are based in Ferrelview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferrelview, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 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 Ferrelview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Ferrelview commutes
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 Ferrelview: questions
What is the median household income in Ferrelview?
$45,938 (±$7,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ferrelview?
18.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ferrelview?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ferrelview work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Ferrelview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ferrelview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ferrelview
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.