Work & commute · Chamois

Work & commute in Chamois, MO

Most working residents leave Chamois for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson City (33%), Linn (9%) and Columbia (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 166 Chamois residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chamois.

166live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chamois goes to work

Jefferson City22.9 mi away

33%57

Linn14 mi away

9%15

Columbia35.3 mi away

4%7

Westphalia20.2 mi away

3%5

Chamois (in town)right here

3%5

Wardsville25.4 mi away

2%3

Holts Summit18.4 mi away

2%3

Ashland26.9 mi away

2%3

Sedalia78.9 mi away

2%3

O'Fallon57.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%67

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

How far

How far Chamois commutes

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

47%

26%

22%

5%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chamois is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chamois are

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

Jobs based in Chamois

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Chamois residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−38%

Jobs based in Chamois, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 71. 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.