Photo: Grey Wanderer · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Wellington
4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Only 4% stay in Wellington for work; outside it, Kansas City is the main destination (22%, 30 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 38 minutes, 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
The short version on getting to work from Wellington
Wellington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wellington is Kansas City, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (65) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Wellington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Wellington workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 302 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Wellington to work
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 trip to work from Wellington: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellington workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 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.
Who leaves Wellington for work, and who comes in
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Wellington on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Wellington work
Where Wellington clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Wellington
209 jobs are based in Wellington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 209. 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 Wellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Wellington: questions
What is the median household income in Wellington?
$67,045 (±$10,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellington?
13.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellington?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellington work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (22%, 30 mi), Lexington (9%, 7 mi), Independence (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wellington without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wellington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellington
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.