Work & commute · Blackwater

Work & commute in Blackwater, MO

Most working residents leave Blackwater for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (24%), Boonville (10%) and Jefferson City (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 63 Blackwater residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackwater.

63live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackwater goes to work

Columbia35.8 mi away

24%15

Boonville13.3 mi away

10%6

Jefferson City52.4 mi away

8%5

Pilot Grove8.5 mi away

6%4

Marshall14.7 mi away

5%3

Sedalia23 mi away

5%3

Springfield124.3 mi away

3%2

Champaign, IL263.2 mi away

2%1

Centerville, IA121.1 mi away

2%1

Prairie Home24.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%22

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

How far

How far Blackwater commutes

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

35%

22%

8%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackwater is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackwater are

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

Jobs based in Blackwater

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Blackwater residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+6%

Jobs based in Blackwater, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 33. 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.