Workers leaving Lee’s Summit averaged 25.2 minutes to reach their jobs, according to Census Bureau estimates. That figure sits above both the Missouri statewide average of 23.5 minutes and the Jackson County figure of 23.4 minutes, while coming in below the Cass County figure of 28.0 minutes.
Across the four geographies shown, Cass County posts the longest mean travel time and Jackson County the shortest, with Lee’s Summit closer to the middle of that range than to either end.
For a city of more than 100,000 people positioned in the southeastern arc of the Kansas City metro, a 25.2-minute average reflects the practical reality that many residents are driving some distance to reach employment, whether inside the city or elsewhere in the region. The figure is not an outlier, but it is measurably higher than the state as a whole and higher than neighboring Jackson County.
These are 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates. Each figure carries a margin of error; the ladder above marks each ±MOE.