Work & commute · Badger

Work & commute in Badger, MO

Most working residents leave Badger for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Nevada (26%), El Dorado Springs (10%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 142 Badger residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Badger.

142live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Badger goes to work

Nevada7 mi away

26%37

El Dorado Springs12.9 mi away

10%15

Springfield66.4 mi away

6%8

Schell City16.7 mi away

3%4

Butler32.4 mi away

3%4

Joplin51.9 mi away

3%4

Lamar21.1 mi away

2%3

Lebanon86.6 mi away

2%3

Kansas City93.3 mi away

2%3

Overland Park, KS79.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%60

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

How far

How far Badger commutes

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

33%

22%

36%

33%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Badger is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Badger are

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

Jobs based in Badger

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Badger residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−39%

Jobs based in Badger, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 23. 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.