More than half of Leawood’s working residents commute to Joplin
A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes (Missouri 24, U.S. 26). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Employers in Leawood report 132 jobs, against 269 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Leawood: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Leawood works in Joplin
153 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Joplin, 3 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Leawood itself. The commute map ↓
Most Leawood residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Leawood are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
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 269 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Leawood’s working residents head each day
Where Leawood clocks in
57% of workers
4% 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 distance from Leawood to work
About 17% 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.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Leawood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leawood workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 4% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Leawood
On a workday 268 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Leawood on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.49 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 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Leawood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leawood, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 132. 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 Leawood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work next door: 57% of Leawood’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Joplin. Darker towns draw more of Leawood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Leawood: questions
What is the median household income in Leawood?
$97,813 (±$29,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leawood?
6.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leawood?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leawood work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joplin (57%, 3 mi), Springfield (4%, 68 mi), Webb City (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leawood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leawood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leawood
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.