Work & commute · Bismarck

Work & commute in Bismarck, MO

Most working residents leave Bismarck for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (22%), Park Hills (4%) and Potosi (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 461 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 432 Bismarck residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bismarck.

432live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bismarck goes to work

Farmington10.7 mi away

22%102

Bismarck (in town)right here

6%29

Park Hills7.6 mi away

4%18

Potosi14.2 mi away

4%17

Ironton11.9 mi away

3%12

St. Louis63.4 mi away

2%9

Fredericktown22.4 mi away

2%7

O'Fallon70.1 mi away

2%7

Kansas City232.3 mi away

2%7

Cape Girardeau66.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%247

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

How far

How far Bismarck commutes

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

21%

33%

12%

33%

21%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bismarck is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bismarck are

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

Jobs based in Bismarck

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Bismarck residents hold

461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−6%

Jobs based in Bismarck, 2013 → 2023: 270 → 253. 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.