Work & commute · Elm

Work & commute in Elm, MO

Most working residents leave Elm for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Unionville (24%), Centerville (7%) and Kirksville (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 161 Elm residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elm.

161live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elm goes to work

Unionville13.1 mi away

24%39

Centerville, IA23 mi away

7%11

Kirksville17.7 mi away

6%10

Kansas City129.4 mi away

4%6

Columbia103.5 mi away

2%4

Trenton49.2 mi away

2%3

Chillicothe58.8 mi away

2%3

Marshall92.1 mi away

2%3

St. Louis181.9 mi away

2%3

Union16.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%78

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

How far

How far Elm commutes

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

43%

11%

42%

4%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elm is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elm are

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

Jobs based in Elm

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Elm residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Elm, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 34. 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.