Work & commute · Atlanta

Work & commute in Atlanta, MO

Most working residents leave Atlanta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kirksville (17%), La Plata (10%) and Macon (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 Atlanta residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlanta.

148live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlanta goes to work

Kirksville21.3 mi away

17%26

La Plata8.7 mi away

10%15

Macon10.8 mi away

9%14

Moberly33.3 mi away

6%9

Columbia66.2 mi away

5%7

Chillicothe57.1 mi away

3%5

Jefferson City93.4 mi away

3%4

Bevier11.1 mi away

2%3

Kansas City122.6 mi away

2%3

Atlanta (in town)right here

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%62

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

How far

How far Atlanta commutes

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

14%

35%

15%

36%

14%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlanta is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlanta are

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

Jobs based in Atlanta

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Atlanta residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+16%

Jobs based in Atlanta, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 64. 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.