Work & commute · Diamond

Work & commute in Diamond, MO

Most working residents leave Diamond for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (34%), Carthage (8%) and Neosho (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 332 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 311 Diamond residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 350 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Diamond.

311live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

350work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Diamond goes to work

Joplin11.6 mi away

34%113

Carthage10.4 mi away

8%27

Neosho11 mi away

7%22

Diamond (in town)right here

6%21

Springfield58 mi away

4%13

Webb City13 mi away

3%10

Duquesne9.3 mi away

2%7

Pittsburg, KS35.7 mi away

1%3

Lamar34.4 mi away

1%3

Kansas City147.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%110

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

How far

How far Diamond commutes

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

27%

50%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Diamond is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Diamond are

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

Jobs based in Diamond

371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Diamond residents hold

332 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+18%

Jobs based in Diamond, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 371. 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.