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Jobs & commute in Levasy

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Levasy works elsewhere

Home is the office for 3% of workers; Missouri has 13%. Levasy has 3 jobs, against 23 working residents. Hardly any work in Levasy itself; outside it, Independence draws the most (22%, 12 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Levasy, and who commutes in

On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

23live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night72
Workday52
72live here− 23head out to work+ 3come in to work= 52on a workday

About 52 people are in Levasy on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places Levasy commutes to

Sheldon: 1 residents work here (4%)Kansas City: 2 residents work here (9%)LevasyBates City: 1 residents work here (4%)BucknerGladstone: 1 residents work here (4%)HarrisonvilleRaymore: 1 residents work here (4%)Blue Springs: 1 residents work here (4%)Kansas City: 4 residents work here (17%)Independence: 5 residents work here (22%)Lee's Summit: 3 residents work here (13%)Columbia: 2 residents work here (9%)IndependenceKansas CityLee's SummitKansas CityColumbiaSheldonLevasy
1
Independence12.5 mi away
22%5
2
Kansas City22.6 mi away
17%4
3
Lee's Summit20.2 mi away
13%3
4
Kansas City, KS32.9 mi away
9%2
5
Columbia97.6 mi away
9%2
6
Sheldon, IA293.3 mi away
4%1
7
Bates City9.7 mi away
4%1
8
Gladstone23.7 mi away
4%1
9
Raymore29 mi away
4%1
10
Blue Springs11.3 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
9%2
The top trips

Where Levasy clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Levasy: what the 3 are

Jobs based in LevasyJobs Levasy residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%22%
Trade, transport & utilities67%26%
Services: health, schools, offices33%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%13%
Over $3,333 a month33%70%

Who does it

29 or younger0%17%
30 to 5467%61%
55 and older33%22%

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 Levasy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Levasy, about 33 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
253 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Levasy33 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Levasy workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Levasy gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 66 commuters (the 3% 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

How far Levasy’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miIndependence: 22% · 12.5 miKansas City: 17% · 22.6 miLee's Summit: 13% · 20.2 miKansas City: 9% · 32.9 miColumbia: 9% · 97.6 miSheldon: 4% · 293.3 miBates City: 4% · 9.7 miGladstone: 4% · 23.7 miRaymore: 4% · 29 miBlue Springs: 4% · 11.3 miIndependence 22%Kansas City 17%Lee's Summit 13%Kansas City 9%Columbia 9%Levasy
LevasyTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi2 residents
52%10–24 mi12 residents
22%25–50 mi5 residents
17%Over 50 mi4 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Levasy: questions

What is the median household income in Levasy?

$82,292 (±$53,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Levasy?

17.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Levasy?

33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Levasy work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Independence (22%, 12 mi), Kansas City (17%, 23 mi), Lee's Summit (13%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Levasy 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 Levasy, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Levasy

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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.