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Work & commute · Ava

Work & commute in Ava, MO

About one in 3 of Ava’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Springfield (12%), Mansfield (4%) and Lebanon (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
34%
311 of 912 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 601 Ava residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 1,617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ava.

601live here, work elsewhere
311live and work here
1,617work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ava goes to work

MansfieldAvaSeymourMountain GroveMarshfieldWest PlainsOzarkLebanonRepublicJefferson CitySpringfieldSpringfieldMansfieldLebanonSeymourWest PlainsMountain GroveMarshfieldJefferson CityOzarkAva
1
Ava (in town)right here
34%311
2
Springfield38.3 mi away
12%110
3
Mansfield11.6 mi away
4%39
4
Lebanon49.5 mi away
3%28
5
Seymour14.4 mi away
2%19
6
West Plains46.6 mi away
2%16
7
Mountain Grove25.2 mi away
1%12
8
Marshfield29.9 mi away
1%12
9
Jefferson City114.5 mi away
1%12
10
Ozark30.9 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%343

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

How far

How far Ava commutes

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

39%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ava is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ava are

1,928 jobs are based in Ava. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ava’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ava

1,928 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%
Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Ava residents hold

912 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month40%
+33%

Jobs based in Ava, 2013 → 2023: 1,446 → 1,928. 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.

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