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Work & commute in Buffalo, MO

Most working residents leave Buffalo for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (27%), Bolivar (6%) and Lebanon (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
211 of 1,211 working residents
Typical commute
31 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,000 Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 211 work right here, and 1,344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo.

1,000live here, work elsewhere
211live and work here
1,344work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Buffalo goes to work

UrbanaHermitageStocktonBuffaloFair GroveLamarMarshfieldBolivarNixaOzarkLebanonRepublicKansas CitySpringfieldLee's SummitSpringfieldBolivarLebanonKansas CityLee's SummitStocktonFair GroveRepublicMarshfieldBuffalo
1
Springfield32.9 mi away
27%322
2
Buffalo (in town)right here
17%211
3
Bolivar17.8 mi away
6%69
4
Lebanon24 mi away
5%61
5
Kansas City129.1 mi away
3%39
6
Lee's Summit112.5 mi away
1%12
7
Stockton38.4 mi away
1%11
8
Fair Grove18.3 mi away
1%11
9
Republic37.2 mi away
1%11
10
Marshfield23.3 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%454

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.

20%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
37%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffalo are

1,555 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

1,555 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Buffalo residents hold

1,211 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month45%
−9%

Jobs based in Buffalo, 2013 → 2023: 1,716 → 1,555. 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.

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