Work & commute · Doolittle

Work & commute in Doolittle, MO

Most working residents leave Doolittle for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rolla (38%), Fort Leonard Wood (4%) and St. James (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 190 Doolittle residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Doolittle.

190live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Doolittle goes to work

Rolla7.1 mi away

38%74

Fort Leonard Wood18.2 mi away

4%7

St. James15.7 mi away

3%5

Jefferson City45.9 mi away

3%5

Chesterfield86.7 mi away

2%4

Kansas City165.4 mi away

2%4

Linn37.2 mi away

2%3

Doolittle (in town)right here

2%3

Salem28.5 mi away

2%3

Sullivan43.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%82

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

How far

How far Doolittle commutes

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

45%

14%

27%

45%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Doolittle is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Doolittle are

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

Jobs based in Doolittle

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Doolittle residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+35%

Jobs based in Doolittle, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 69. 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.