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Jobs & commute in Sugartree Township

A job hub: Sugartree Township has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 8 people come in to work

0% of workers work from home (Missouri 13%). 8 jobs are based in Sugartree Township, and 3 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Sugartree Township itself; outside it, Carrollton draws the most (33%, 9 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Sugartree Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 3 residents head out to work and none work right here.

3live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night10
Workday15
10live here− 3head out to work+ 8come in to work= 15on a workday

About 15 people are in Sugartree Township on a workday afternoon, 50% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.67jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the people who work in Sugartree Township live

Leon: 1 workers live here (13%)Bogard: 1 workers live here (13%)Norborne: 1 workers live here (13%)WaverlyCarrolltonRaytownMarshall: 1 workers live here (13%)SedaliaDe Witt Township: 1 workers live here (13%)Sugartree TownshipTrotter Township: 1 workers live here (13%)Wakenda TownshipMoss Creek TownshipEgypt TownshipFairfield Township: 2 workers live here (25%)Fairfield TownshipLeonBogardNorborneMarshallDe Witt TownshipSugartree Township
1
Fairfield Township18.5 mi away
25%2
2
Leon, IA104.3 mi away
13%1
3
Bogard15.2 mi away
13%1
4
Norborne7.6 mi away
13%1
5
Marshall21 mi away
13%1
6
De Witt Township21.2 mi away
13%1
7
Trotter Township10.4 mi away
13%1
The top trips

Where Sugartree Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

In Sugartree Township, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in Sugartree TownshipJobs Sugartree Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%33%
Services: health, schools, offices0%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%67%
Over $3,333 a month88%33%

Who does it

29 or younger25%0%
30 to 5438%100%
55 and older38%0%

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 Sugartree Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Sugartree Township

Working from home
0%

of Sugartree Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Sugartree Township gets to work
58%Drive alone
42%Carpool

Share of the 19 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

Sugartree Township’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miCarrollton: 33% · 9.2 miRaytown: 33% · 51.3 miSedalia: 33% · 40.8 miCarrollton 33%Raytown 33%Sedalia 33%Sugartree Township
Sugartree TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
33%10–24 mi1 residents
33%25–50 mi1 residents
33%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 33% 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

Around Sugartree Township: the bordering towns

Jobs & commute next door

TownSugartree Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Sugartree Township–————
Moss Creek Townshipunder 34%————
Wakenda Townshipunder 34%——22 min—
Egypt Townshipunder 34%——30 min—
Waverlyunder 34%——29 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Moss Creek Township, Wakenda Township, Egypt Township and Waverly: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Sugartree Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sugartree Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Sugartree Township?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Sugartree Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (33%, 9 mi), Raytown (33%, 51 mi), Sedalia (33%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Sugartree 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 Sugartree Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Sugartree Township

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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.