Work & commute · City

Work & commute in City, MO

About one in 3 of City’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lamar (30%), Joplin (7%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

553 of 1,840 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,287 City residents head out of town to work, 553 work right here, and 1,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in City.

1,287live here, work elsewhere

553live and work here

1,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where City goes to work

Lamar0 mi away

30%553

Joplin31.4 mi away

7%121

Springfield58 mi away

6%113

Nevada24.6 mi away

4%67

Carthage24.1 mi away

3%62

Kansas City113.7 mi away

3%52

Lamar1.6 mi away

3%52

Pittsburg, KS23.7 mi away

3%49

Webb City26.5 mi away

2%33

Lamar Heights0.8 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%707

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

How far

How far City commutes

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

36%

17%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

City is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in City are

2,008 jobs are based in City. Here is what they are, next to the jobs City’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in City

2,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs City residents hold

1,840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−12%

Jobs based in City, 2013 → 2023: 2,280 → 2,008. 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.