Work & commute · Carroll

Work & commute in Carroll, MO

Most working residents leave Carroll for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (9%), Summersville (8%) and West Plains (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

29 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 231 Carroll residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carroll.

231live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carroll goes to work

Houston17.1 mi away

9%24

Summersville2.4 mi away

8%21

West Plains32.5 mi away

5%13

Springfield87.7 mi away

5%13

Mountain View13.4 mi away

4%11

Carroll (in town)right here

4%10

Eminence18.9 mi away

3%7

Willow Springs20 mi away

3%7

Raymondville12.9 mi away

2%5

Jefferson City98.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%144

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

How far

How far Carroll commutes

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

14%

31%

15%

41%

14%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carroll is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carroll are

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

Jobs based in Carroll

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Carroll residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+5%

Jobs based in Carroll, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 236. 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.