Work & commute · Alba

Work & commute in Alba, MO

Most working residents leave Alba for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (28%), Carthage (21%) and Jasper (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 169 Alba residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alba.

169live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alba goes to work

Joplin12.1 mi away

28%48

Carthage8.1 mi away

21%36

Jasper9.3 mi away

5%8

Springfield62 mi away

4%6

Monett34.7 mi away

2%4

Rogers, AR65.2 mi away

1%2

Pittsburg, KS19.6 mi away

1%2

Golden City20.7 mi away

1%2

Duquesne11.7 mi away

1%2

Webb City7.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%57

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alba commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

36%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alba is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alba are

31 jobs are based in Alba. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alba’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alba

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Alba residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.