White Haven; Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site · Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY-SA 3.0Freeman has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Freeman report 47 jobs; 224 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Freeman for work; outside it, Kansas City is the main destination (16%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Freeman stands out on work
Freeman’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Freeman is Kansas City, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (36) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Freeman is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Freeman, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Freeman has about 330 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Freeman workers cross into Kansas
31% of Freeman workers work outside Missouri, most of them in Kansas, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
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 224 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Freeman 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.
In and out of Freeman on a workday
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Freeman on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Freeman work
Where Freeman clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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 kinds of work in Freeman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Freeman, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 47. 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 Freeman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Freeman spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Freeman workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 310 commuters (the 9% 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 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 Freeman: questions
What is the median household income in Freeman?
$72,125 (±$17,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Freeman?
4.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Freeman?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Freeman work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (16%, 35 mi), Overland Park (13%, 21 mi), Harrisonville (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Freeman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Freeman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Freeman
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.