Van Horn Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 4% of workers (Missouri 13%). Van Horn Township has 6 jobs for 173 working residents. Hardly any stay in Van Horn Township for work; outside it, Carrollton is the main destination (12%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Van Horn Township
On a workday 172 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Van Horn Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Van Horn Township to work: where people go
Where Van Horn Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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: 50% of the jobs in Van Horn Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Van Horn Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 6. 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 Van Horn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Van Horn Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Van Horn Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 4% 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.
Miles to work from Van Horn Township
About 43% 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.
The towns around Van Horn Township
The biggest share goes to Carrollton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Van Horn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Horn Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $65,645 |
| Stokes Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Leslie Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Ridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Carrollton Township | 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stokes Mound Township, Leslie Township and Ridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Carrollton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Van Horn 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 Van Horn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Van Horn Township?
$65,645 (±$10,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Van Horn Township?
20.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Van Horn Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Van Horn Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (12%, 9 mi), Chillicothe (10%, 21 mi), Kansas City (10%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Van Horn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Van Horn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Van Horn 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.