Most of Gentry commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Gentry has 9 jobs; 20 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Gentry; the top destination outside it is Stanberry (20%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gentry on a workday afternoon
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Gentry on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 Gentry’s working residents head each day
Where Gentry clocks in
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Gentry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Gentry
of Gentry workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 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.
Miles to work from Gentry
About 32% 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.
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 Gentry: questions
What is the median household income in Gentry?
$80,000 (±$11,919) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gentry?
18.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gentry work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanberry (20%, 10 mi), Wathena (5%, 48 mi), King City (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gentry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gentry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gentry
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.