Work & commute · Brookfield

Work & commute in Brookfield, MO

44% of Brookfield’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Marceline (8%), Chillicothe (6%) and Columbia (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

711 of 1,627 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 916 Brookfield residents head out of town to work, 711 work right here, and 1,439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookfield.

916live here, work elsewhere

711live and work here

1,439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookfield goes to work

Brookfield (in town)right here

44%711

Marceline8.4 mi away

8%126

Chillicothe24.9 mi away

6%105

Columbia70.5 mi away

2%38

Moberly42.5 mi away

2%29

Jefferson City97 mi away

2%28

Brookfield1 mi away

2%28

Kansas City90.8 mi away

1%22

Kirksville39 mi away

1%21

Hannibal89.3 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%499

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

How far

How far Brookfield commutes

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

56%

13%

26%

56%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookfield are

2,150 jobs are based in Brookfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookfield

2,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Brookfield residents hold

1,627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+9%

Jobs based in Brookfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,977 → 2,150. 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.