Photo: Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of King City commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 197 jobs in King City, and 362 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in King City itself; outside it, St. Joseph draws the most (19%, 26 miles). 5% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in King City
King City’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside King City is St. Joseph, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (69) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in King City than ten years ago
Jobs counted in King City fell from 324 in 2013 to 197 in 2023, −39%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 362 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from King City
About 28% 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.
The kinds of work in King City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in King City, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 197. 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 King City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of King City
On a workday 338 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in King City on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 King City’s working residents head each day
Where King City clocks in
19% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of King City workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 363 commuters (the 5% 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 King City: questions
What is the median household income in King City?
$51,042 (±$8,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in King City?
20.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from King City?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in King City work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Joseph (19%, 26 mi), Stanberry (17%, 12 mi), Maryville (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around King City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from King City, from the people who make the trip.
More of King City
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.