Work & commute · Carl Junction

Work & commute in Carl Junction, MO

Most working residents leave Carl Junction for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (41%), Springfield (5%) and Carthage (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

325 of 3,560 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,235 Carl Junction residents head out of town to work, 325 work right here, and 783 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carl Junction.

3,235live here, work elsewhere

325live and work here

783work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carl Junction goes to work

Joplin6.6 mi away

41%1,442

Carl Junction (in town)right here

9%325

Springfield68.9 mi away

5%168

Carthage12.1 mi away

5%166

Webb City4.4 mi away

5%165

Neosho23.9 mi away

2%63

Duquesne8 mi away

2%56

Airport Drive2.2 mi away

1%45

Pittsburg, KS19.2 mi away

1%44

Kansas City135.5 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,044

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

How far

How far Carl Junction commutes

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

63%

15%

18%

63%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carl Junction is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carl Junction are

1,108 jobs are based in Carl Junction. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carl Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carl Junction

1,108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Carl Junction residents hold

3,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Carl Junction, 2013 → 2023: 922 → 1,108. 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.