Shawnee Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
6% of workers have no commute at all; Missouri has 13%. Employers in Shawnee Township report 25 jobs, and 81 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Shawnee Township itself; outside it, Adrian draws the most (14%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Shawnee Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Shawnee Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Out of Shawnee Township to work: where people go
Where Shawnee Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 88% of the jobs in Shawnee 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 Shawnee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 45 minutes to work from Shawnee Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shawnee Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 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.
Half of Shawnee Township commutes less than 24 miles
About 37% 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 Shawnee Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shawnee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Township | – | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Grand River Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Summit Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Spruce Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Mound Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Mingo Township | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand River Township, Summit Township, Spruce Township, Mound Township and Mingo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shawnee 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 Shawnee Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Shawnee Township?
1.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shawnee Township?
45 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shawnee Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (14%, 7 mi), Butler (11%, 9 mi), Harrisonville (9%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shawnee 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 Shawnee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shawnee 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.