Work & commute · Conway

Work & commute in Conway, MO

Most working residents leave Conway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (42%), Springfield (5%) and Marshfield (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 218 Conway residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conway.

218live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conway goes to work

Lebanon14.8 mi away

42%92

Springfield33.2 mi away

5%12

Marshfield12.2 mi away

4%8

Osage Beach44.6 mi away

3%7

Waynesville39.7 mi away

2%5

Jefferson City81.5 mi away

2%5

Kansas City145.6 mi away

2%4

Camdenton35.3 mi away

1%3

Bolivar32.8 mi away

1%3

Sedalia85.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%78

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

How far

How far Conway commutes

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

54%

20%

23%

3%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conway is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Conway are

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

Jobs based in Conway

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Conway residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−10%

Jobs based in Conway, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 224. 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.