Work & commute · Fair Grove

Work & commute in Fair Grove, MO

Most working residents leave Fair Grove for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (56%), Kansas City (2%) and Strafford (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 582 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 544 Fair Grove residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Grove.

544live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair Grove goes to work

Springfield15.1 mi away

56%325

Fair Grove (in town)right here

7%38

Kansas City142.3 mi away

2%10

Strafford8.1 mi away

2%9

Marshfield13.5 mi away

1%8

Republic20.6 mi away

1%8

Buffalo18.3 mi away

1%6

Ozark24.4 mi away

1%6

Nixa24.7 mi away

1%5

Monett53.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%163

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

How far

How far Fair Grove commutes

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

16%

65%

17%

16%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Grove are

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

Jobs based in Fair Grove

444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Fair Grove residents hold

582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−8%

Jobs based in Fair Grove, 2013 → 2023: 483 → 444. 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.