Prathersville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Employers in Prathersville report 18 jobs, and 61 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Prathersville; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (38%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Prathersville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Prathersville on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where people from Prathersville work
Where Prathersville clocks in
38% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
What Prathersville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prathersville, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 18. 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 Prathersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Prathersville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prathersville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 26% 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.
Half of Prathersville commutes less than 23 miles
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.
Work in the towns next to Prathersville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prathersville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prathersville | – | — | — | 21 min | $72,917 |
| Excelsior Springs | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 22 min | $72,609 |
| Mosby | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mosby: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prathersville’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 Prathersville: questions
What is the median household income in Prathersville?
$72,917 (±$15,808) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prathersville?
10.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prathersville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prathersville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (38%, 20 mi), Liberty (16%, 9 mi), Lenexa (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prathersville 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 Prathersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prathersville
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.