Work & commute · Cabool

Work & commute in Cabool, MO

About one in 5 of Cabool’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Springfield (8%), Mountain Grove (8%) and West Plains (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

148 of 675 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 527 Cabool residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 1,059 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cabool.

527live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

1,059work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cabool goes to work

Cabool (in town)right here

22%148

Springfield65.6 mi away

8%57

Mountain Grove9 mi away

8%56

West Plains29.8 mi away

7%48

Houston15.6 mi away

5%31

Willow Springs12.4 mi away

3%20

Clinton5.6 mi away

3%20

Lebanon48.5 mi away

2%14

Mansfield26.3 mi away

2%13

Seymour36.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%256

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

How far

How far Cabool commutes

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

36%

14%

19%

31%

36%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cabool is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cabool are

1,207 jobs are based in Cabool. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cabool’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cabool

1,207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Cabool residents hold

675 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+4%

Jobs based in Cabool, 2013 → 2023: 1,161 → 1,207. 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.