Work & commute · Crocker

Work & commute in Crocker, MO

Most working residents leave Crocker for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are St. Robert (9%), Waynesville (8%) and Fort Leonard Wood (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

38 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 326 Crocker residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crocker.

326live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crocker goes to work

Crocker (in town)right here

10%38

St. Robert10.1 mi away

9%33

Waynesville9.1 mi away

8%28

Fort Leonard Wood15.2 mi away

5%19

Springfield76.4 mi away

4%16

Richland9.3 mi away

3%12

Jefferson City43.2 mi away

3%12

Osage Beach24.4 mi away

3%10

Dixon9.9 mi away

2%9

Columbia69.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%178

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

How far

How far Crocker commutes

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

30%

25%

17%

28%

30%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crocker is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crocker are

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

Jobs based in Crocker

320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Crocker residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−1%

Jobs based in Crocker, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 320. 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.