About half of Lake Waukomis’ working residents commute to Kansas City
Hardly any work in Lake Waukomis; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (45%, 9 miles). For 26% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Missouri. The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lake Waukomis: the figures worth knowing
Lake Waukomis is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Lake Waukomis, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Waukomis has about 560 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Lake Waukomis workers cross into Kansas
22% of Lake Waukomis 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 457 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Lake Waukomis’ residents
Where Lake Waukomis clocks in
45% 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 daily commute in and out of Lake Waukomis
On a workday 455 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Lake Waukomis on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.17 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 2024, primary jobs.
In Lake Waukomis, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
78 jobs are based in Lake Waukomis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Waukomis, 2014 → 2024: 38 → 78. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Waukomis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Lake Waukomis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Waukomis workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 488 commuters (the 26% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lake Waukomis
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Lake Waukomis: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Waukomis?
$128,702 (±$17,462) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Waukomis?
1.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Waukomis?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Waukomis work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (45%, 9 mi), Kansas City (7%, 9 mi), Overland Park (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lake Waukomis 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 Lake Waukomis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Waukomis
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.