Work & commute · Farber

Work & commute in Farber, MO

Most working residents leave Farber for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mexico (24%), Columbia (11%) and Fulton (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 98 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 97 Farber residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farber.

97live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farber goes to work

Mexico17.6 mi away

24%24

Columbia46.1 mi away

11%11

Fulton35.2 mi away

5%5

Jefferson City58.5 mi away

5%5

Vandalia5.2 mi away

4%4

Centralia30.2 mi away

3%3

Montgomery City21.1 mi away

3%3

Moberly47 mi away

3%3

Kansas City159.5 mi away

3%3

Springfield171.2 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%34

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

How far

How far Farber commutes

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

10%

34%

26%

31%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farber is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farber are

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

Jobs based in Farber

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Farber residents hold

98 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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Jobs based in Farber, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 18. 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.