Work & commute · Deepwater

Work & commute in Deepwater, MO

Most working residents leave Deepwater for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (27%), Springfield (6%) and Montrose (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 187 Deepwater residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deepwater.

187live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deepwater goes to work

Clinton15.5 mi away

27%53

Springfield83.6 mi away

6%12

Montrose1.9 mi away

5%10

Appleton City4.9 mi away

4%7

Butler17.5 mi away

3%6

Warrensburg38.2 mi away

3%6

Sedalia52.3 mi away

3%6

Kansas City66.3 mi away

3%5

Aubry, KS51 mi away

3%5

Warsaw35.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%84

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

How far

How far Deepwater commutes

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

10%

37%

16%

38%

10%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deepwater is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deepwater are

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

Jobs based in Deepwater

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Deepwater residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+127%

Jobs based in Deepwater, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 259. 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.