Work & commute · Billings

Work & commute in Billings, MO

Most working residents leave Billings for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (46%), Republic (9%) and Nixa (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 491 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 470 Billings residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Billings.

470live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Billings goes to work

Springfield17.1 mi away

46%224

Republic10.7 mi away

9%46

Billings (in town)right here

4%21

Nixa14.4 mi away

3%13

Ozark18.7 mi away

3%13

Aurora11.2 mi away

2%12

Mount Vernon14.8 mi away

2%8

Branson33.6 mi away

1%6

Bolivar38 mi away

1%5

Jefferson City128.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%138

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

How far

How far Billings commutes

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

16%

64%

12%

16%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Billings is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Billings are

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

Jobs based in Billings

277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Billings residents hold

491 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+11%

Jobs based in Billings, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 277. 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.