Work & commute · Bunker

Work & commute in Bunker, MO

Most working residents leave Bunker for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (8%), Centerville (6%) and Columbia (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 79 Bunker residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bunker.

79live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bunker goes to work

Salem21.7 mi away

8%7

Centerville13.9 mi away

6%5

Bunker (in town)right here

5%4

Columbia119.4 mi away

5%4

Rolla45.2 mi away

4%3

Springfield115.7 mi away

4%3

Annapolis28.9 mi away

2%2

Fredericktown50.3 mi away

2%2

Farmington48.4 mi away

2%2

Kansas City214.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%49

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

How far

How far Bunker commutes

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

14%

34%

23%

29%

14%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bunker is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bunker are

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

Jobs based in Bunker

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Bunker residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+1%

Jobs based in Bunker, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 134. 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.