With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sampsel Township works elsewhere
There are 13 jobs in Sampsel Township, against 100 working residents. Hardly any work in Sampsel Township; the top destination outside it is Chillicothe (37%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sampsel Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Sampsel Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Sampsel Township: the destinations
Where Sampsel Township clocks in
9% of workers
3% 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.
In Sampsel Township, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sampsel Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 13. 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 Sampsel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sampsel Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sampsel Township
About 42% 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.
Sampsel Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sampsel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampsel Township | – | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Mooresville Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Green Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mooresville Township, Jackson Township, Green Township and Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sampsel 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 Sampsel Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sampsel Township?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sampsel Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sampsel Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (37%, 8 mi), Kansas City (9%, 67 mi), Carrollton (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sampsel Township without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sampsel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sampsel 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.