Work & commute · Appleton

Work & commute in Appleton, MO

Most working residents leave Appleton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (16%), Springfield (5%) and Butler (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

44 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 322 Appleton residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 453 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Appleton.

322live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

453work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Appleton goes to work

Clinton18.9 mi away

16%60

Appleton City (in town)right here

12%44

Springfield79.8 mi away

5%20

Butler17.4 mi away

4%15

Lowry City16.9 mi away

3%12

Montrose5.4 mi away

3%11

Bolivar52.7 mi away

3%10

Osceola21.2 mi away

2%8

Lebanon82.9 mi away

2%8

Kansas City70.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%170

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

How far

How far Appleton commutes

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

15%

33%

14%

38%

15%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Appleton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Appleton are

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

Jobs based in Appleton

497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Appleton residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−11%

Jobs based in Appleton, 2013 → 2023: 557 → 497. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

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.