Work & commute · Buffalo

Work & commute in Buffalo, MO

Most working residents leave Buffalo for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Paragould (23%), Kennett (7%) and Cardwell (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

36 of 370 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 334 Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo.

334live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffalo goes to work

Paragould, AR12.1 mi away

23%84

Kennett19.1 mi away

7%26

Cardwell0.2 mi away

6%22

Buffalo (in town)right here

4%14

Clay13 mi away

4%13

Senath9.5 mi away

2%9

Leachville, AR9.7 mi away

2%8

Blytheville, AR23.1 mi away

2%8

Arbyrd3 mi away

2%7

Salem7.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%172

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

How far

How far Buffalo commutes

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

26%

42%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffalo are

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

Jobs based in Buffalo

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Buffalo residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−27%

Jobs based in Buffalo, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 139. 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.