Work means Carrollton for about half of Wakenda Township’s working residents
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Only 2% work in Wakenda Township; the top destination outside it is Carrollton (45%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute from Wakenda Township lasts 22 minutes (Missouri 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Wakenda Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 151 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
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 Wakenda Township: the destinations
Where Wakenda Township clocks in
45% of workers
4% 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.
40% of the jobs in Wakenda Township make or build things
153 jobs are based in Wakenda Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wakenda Township, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 153. 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 Wakenda Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Wakenda Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wakenda Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wakenda Township
About 26% 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.
Wakenda Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Carrollton Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wakenda Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakenda Township | – | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Carrollton Township | 4% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Moss Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Eugene Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Sugartree Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Carrollton Township: not graded. Moss Creek Township, Eugene Township and Sugartree Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wakenda 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 Wakenda Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wakenda Township?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wakenda Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wakenda Township work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Wakenda Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wakenda Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wakenda 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.