With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of New Home Township works elsewhere
Working residents average 55 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. There are 8 jobs in New Home Township, against 50 working residents. Hardly any work in New Home Township itself; outside it, Butler draws the most (12%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of New Home Township on a workday
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in New Home Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of New Home Township: the destinations
Where New Home Township clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in New Home Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 New Home Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 55 minutes from New Home Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Home Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 18% 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 commute from New Home Township, by distance
About 47% 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.
Next door to New Home Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Home Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Home Township | – | — | — | 55 min | — |
| Walnut Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Charlotte Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Osage Township | under 2% | D− | A− | 32 min | $51,625 |
| Lone Oak Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Howard Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walnut Township, Charlotte Township, Lone Oak Township and Howard Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Home Township’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 New Home Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in New Home Township?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Home Township?
55 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Home Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (12%, 8 mi), Harrisonville (8%, 34 mi), Kansas City (6%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Home Township 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 New Home Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Home Township
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.