Work & commute · Boonville

Work & commute in Boonville, MO

About one in 3 of Boonville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbia (29%), Jefferson City (4%) and Kansas City (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

946 of 3,304 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,358 Boonville residents head out of town to work, 946 work right here, and 2,516 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boonville.

2,358live here, work elsewhere

946live and work here

2,516work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boonville goes to work

Columbia22.6 mi away

29%954

Boonville (in town)right here

29%946

Jefferson City41.1 mi away

4%116

Kansas City97.5 mi away

2%59

Sedalia31.7 mi away

2%50

Fayette13.2 mi away

1%48

Springfield125.6 mi away

1%42

Marshall26.7 mi away

1%37

Fulton43.4 mi away

1%30

Pilot Grove10.8 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%995

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

How far

How far Boonville commutes

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

31%

34%

14%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boonville are

3,462 jobs are based in Boonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boonville

3,462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Boonville residents hold

3,304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−14%

Jobs based in Boonville, 2013 → 2023: 4,007 → 3,462. 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.