Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Weston commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
403 jobs are based in Weston for 788 working residents. Weston grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in ten work in Weston; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (26%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Weston, in a few figures
Weston’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Weston is Kansas City, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (204) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Weston workers cross into Kansas
22% of Weston workers work outside Missouri, most of them in Kansas, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Weston pay little
30% of the jobs based in Weston pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 788 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Weston earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Weston is better than 77% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Weston’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Weston’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Weston could be anywhere from B to A.
Miles to work from Weston
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.
Where Weston’s working residents head each day
Where Weston clocks in
26% of workers
6% 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.
What Weston’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weston, 2013 → 2023: 397 → 403. 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 Weston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Weston
On a workday 717 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 332 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Weston on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Weston’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weston workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 861 commuters (the 9% 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.
In Weston, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weston is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Weston near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 949 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Weston households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Weston’s commuters take a bus or train.
Weston is 837th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 56 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 835 | Mechanicsville MD | 1,395 | $121K | 2.9% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| 836 | Varnell GA | 2,295 | $86K | 4.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 837 | Weston MO | 1,855 | $89K | 5.7% | 2.2% | 9% | A− |
| 838 | Hollis Township IL | 1,789 | $87K | 5.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A− |
| 839 | Roxand Township MI | 1,755 | $96K | 5.3% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Weston, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Weston
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston | – | A− | C | 30 min | $88,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weston’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 Weston: questions
What is the median household income in Weston?
$88,750 (±$21,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weston?
5.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weston?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weston work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (26%, 26 mi), St. Joseph (6%, 25 mi), Platte City (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weston walkable?
Weston is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weston without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weston
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.