Photo: Roastedbeanz1 · CC BY 4.0A job hub: Kingdom City has 7.3 jobs per working resident, and 394 people come in to work
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Kingdom City has 394 jobs, against 54 working residents. Hardly any work in Kingdom City itself; outside it, Columbia draws the most (39%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kingdom City on a workday afternoon
On a workday 54 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 480 people are in Kingdom City on a workday afternoon, 252% more 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.
The daily trip into Kingdom City
Where Kingdom City clocks in
39% of workers
19% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Kingdom City: what the 394 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingdom City, 2013 → 2023: 432 → 394. 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 Kingdom City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Kingdom City: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingdom City workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 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.
How far Kingdom City’s workers travel
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 Kingdom City: questions
What is the median household income in Kingdom City?
$32,813 (±$17,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingdom City?
34.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingdom City?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingdom City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (39%, 21 mi), Fulton (19%, 6 mi), Mexico (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kingdom City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kingdom City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingdom 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.