Work & commute · Dixon

Work & commute in Dixon, MO

Most working residents leave Dixon for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Rolla (8%), Waynesville (7%) and St. Robert (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

65 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 317 Dixon residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dixon.

317live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dixon goes to work

Dixon (in town)right here

17%65

Rolla18.5 mi away

8%32

Waynesville13.9 mi away

7%25

St. Robert11.9 mi away

6%23

Jefferson City39.8 mi away

5%18

Fort Leonard Wood16.6 mi away

3%12

Osage Beach31.5 mi away

3%11

Springfield85.7 mi away

3%10

Columbia66.9 mi away

2%8

Lebanon38 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%171

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

How far

How far Dixon commutes

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

22%

37%

16%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dixon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dixon are

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

Jobs based in Dixon

557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Dixon residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+2%

Jobs based in Dixon, 2013 → 2023: 548 → 557. 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.