Missouri City Savings Bank Building and Meeting Hall · Photo: Dennis mccoy mo · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Missouri City works elsewhere
Missouri City has 16 jobs for 98 working residents. Hardly any stay in Missouri City for work; outside it, Kansas City is the main destination (31%, 15 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes; Missouri State averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Missouri City for work, and who comes in
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Missouri City on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Missouri City commutes to
Where Missouri City clocks in
31% of workers
9% 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.
Most jobs in Missouri City are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Missouri City, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 16. 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 Missouri City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Missouri City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Missouri City workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri State. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri State: 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 Missouri City’s workers travel
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 Missouri City: questions
What is the median household income in Missouri City?
$37,083 (±$22,624) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri State and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Missouri City?
7.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri State and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Missouri City?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri State and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Missouri City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (31%, 15 mi), Liberty (9%, 6 mi), Kansas City (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Missouri City 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 Missouri City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Missouri City
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.