Work & commute · Battlefield

Work & commute in Battlefield, MO

Most working residents leave Battlefield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (65%), Republic (3%) and Nixa (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 2,732 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,691 Battlefield residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Battlefield.

2,691live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

440work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Battlefield goes to work

Springfield6.7 mi away

65%1,781

Republic4.2 mi away

3%84

Nixa6.5 mi away

2%58

Ozark10.2 mi away

2%44

Battlefield (in town)right here

2%41

Kansas City152.8 mi away

1%27

Branson34.4 mi away

1%25

Monett33.7 mi away

1%20

Lebanon54.5 mi away

1%18

Strafford17.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%617

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

How far

How far Battlefield commutes

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

72%

12%

72%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Battlefield is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Battlefield are

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

Jobs based in Battlefield

481 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Battlefield residents hold

2,732 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+18%

Jobs based in Battlefield, 2013 → 2023: 409 → 481. 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.