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Jobs & commute in Tebo Township

Tebo Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Tebo Township has 123 jobs, against 294 working residents. Only 3% work in Tebo Township; the top destination outside it is Clinton (29%, 11 miles). Working residents average 29 minutes each way, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S.

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

What stands out · In brief

Work and commuting in Tebo Township, in brief

Tebo Township and Clinton trade workers both ways

Clinton is the top workplace for Tebo Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Tebo Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

A big share show a job far from home

33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓

Tebo Township workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · The commute map

Out of Tebo Township to work: where people go

Calhoun: 8 residents work here (3%)Rich HillWarsaw: 4 residents work here (1%)Windsor: 13 residents work here (4%)Warrensburg: 13 residents work here (4%)Clinton: 86 residents work here (29%)Carthage: 5 residents work here (2%)Raymore: 5 residents work here (2%)Sedalia: 12 residents work here (4%)Kansas City: 12 residents work here (4%)Springfield: 13 residents work here (4%)Tebo TownshipShawnee TownshipSpringfield TownshipWindsor TownshipLeesville TownshipDeer Creek TownshipFields Creek TownshipBethlehem TownshipClintonWindsorWarrensburgSpringfieldSedaliaKansas CityTebo Township
1
Clinton10.7 mi away
29%86
2
Windsor8.2 mi away
4%13
3
Warrensburg17.8 mi away
4%13
4
Springfield92.9 mi away
4%13
5
Sedalia27.3 mi away
4%12
6
Kansas City63.8 mi away
4%12
7
Calhoun3.7 mi away
3%8
8
Carthage100.4 mi away
2%5
9
Raymore47.2 mi away
2%5
10
Warsaw24.2 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%123
The top trips

Where Tebo 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Tebo Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClinton: 29% · 10.7 miWindsor: 4% · 8.2 miWarrensburg: 4% · 17.8 miSpringfield: 4% · 92.9 miSedalia: 4% · 27.3 miKansas City: 4% · 63.8 miCalhoun: 3% · 3.7 miCarthage: 2% · 100.4 miRaymore: 2% · 47.2 miWarsaw: 1% · 24.2 miClinton 29%Windsor 4%Warrensburg 4%Springfield 4%Sedalia 4%Tebo Township
Tebo TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi63 residents
32%10–24 mi93 residents
14%25–50 mi40 residents
33%Over 50 mi98 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.

Time on the road

About 29 minutes each way for Tebo Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
222 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Tebo Township29 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

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

About 1 in 10
How Tebo Township gets to work
77%Drive alone
21%Carpool
<1%Transit
1%Walk

Share of the 276 commuters (the 13% 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.

Day and night

Who works in Tebo Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 285 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.

285live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
114work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night770
Workday600
770live here− 290head out to work+ 110come in to work= 600on a workday

About 600 people are in Tebo Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.42jobs 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 jobs

A place that makes things: 54% of Tebo Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Tebo TownshipJobs Tebo Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms54%21%
Trade, transport & utilities17%30%
Services: health, schools, offices29%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%31%
Over $3,333 a month53%52%

Who does it

29 or younger14%20%
30 to 5454%47%
55 and older32%33%
+16%

Jobs based in Tebo Township, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 123. 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 Tebo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Next door

Around Tebo Township: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Fields Creek Township16 min
Windsor Township28 min
Tebo Township29 min
Shawnee Township29 min
Deer Creek Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownTebo Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Tebo Township–——29 min$55,469
Deer Creek Townshipunder 2%——32 min—
Shawnee Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Windsor Townshipunder 2%DB28 min$51,719
Fields Creek Townshipunder 2%DB16 min$42,965

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

Darker towns draw more of Tebo 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 Tebo Township: questions

What is the median household income in Tebo Township?

$55,469 (±$15,818) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Tebo Township?

17.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Tebo Township?

29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Tebo Township work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (29%, 11 mi), Windsor (4%, 8 mi), Warrensburg (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Tebo Township without a car?

<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Tebo Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Tebo Township

Tebo Township home →

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.