Work & commute · Fayette

Work & commute in Fayette, MO

About one in 4 of Fayette’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbia (24%), Boonville (4%) and Glasgow (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

272 of 1,073 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 801 Fayette residents head out of town to work, 272 work right here, and 1,029 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayette.

801live here, work elsewhere

272live and work here

1,029work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fayette goes to work

Fayette (in town)right here

25%272

Columbia23.7 mi away

24%256

Boonville13.2 mi away

4%44

Glasgow9.9 mi away

3%30

Jefferson City48.6 mi away

2%24

Moberly23 mi away

2%22

St. Louis135.9 mi away

2%20

Marshall27.8 mi away

2%18

Springfield138.8 mi away

1%13

Versailles50.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%364

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

How far

How far Fayette commutes

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

33%

11%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fayette is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayette are

1,301 jobs are based in Fayette. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fayette’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fayette

1,301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Fayette residents hold

1,073 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+3%

Jobs based in Fayette, 2013 → 2023: 1,268 → 1,301. 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.