Most of Paradise commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Employers in Paradise report 20 jobs, against 54 working residents. Hardly any work in Paradise itself; outside it, Kansas City draws the most (35%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Paradise: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38 people are in Paradise on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
Where Paradise’s working residents head each day
Where Paradise clocks in
35% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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 kinds of work in Paradise
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paradise, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 20. 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 Paradise’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Paradise
of Paradise workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 0% 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 Paradise’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 Paradise: questions
What is the poverty rate in Paradise?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Paradise work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (35%, 21 mi), Liberty (9%, 14 mi), Smithville (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Paradise 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 Paradise, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paradise
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.