Work & commute · Bakersfield

Work & commute in Bakersfield, MO

Most working residents leave Bakersfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are West Plains (15%), Mountain Home (12%) and Gainesville (12%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 52 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 50 Bakersfield residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bakersfield.

50live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bakersfield goes to work

West Plains21.3 mi away

15%8

Mountain Home, AR18.6 mi away

12%6

Gainesville16.3 mi away

12%6

Ava41.3 mi away

6%3

Bakersfield (in town)right here

4%2

Springfield78.3 mi away

4%2

Norfork, AR23.1 mi away

2%1

Ash Flat, AR36.2 mi away

2%1

Batesville, AR60 mi away

2%1

Tipton151.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%21

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

How far

How far Bakersfield commutes

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

13%

48%

19%

13%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bakersfield is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bakersfield are

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

Jobs based in Bakersfield

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Bakersfield residents hold

52 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+425%

Jobs based in Bakersfield, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 21. 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.