Work & commute · Bacon

Work & commute in Bacon, MO

Most working residents leave Bacon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Nevada (31%), El Dorado Springs (7%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 230 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 220 Bacon residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bacon.

220live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bacon goes to work

Nevada16.2 mi away

31%72

El Dorado Springs10.1 mi away

7%15

Springfield71.4 mi away

5%12

Kansas City81.6 mi away

4%10

Butler21.9 mi away

3%6

Bacon (in town)right here

3%6

Bolivar46.9 mi away

2%5

Joplin66.8 mi away

2%5

Center17.8 mi away

2%5

Schell City1.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%90

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

How far

How far Bacon commutes

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

45%

10%

37%

8%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bacon is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bacon are

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

Jobs based in Bacon

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Bacon residents hold

230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−33%

Jobs based in Bacon, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 58. 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.