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

ArmstrongGlasgowSalisburyNew FranklinSlaterFayetteVersaillesBoonvilleMarshallMoberlyFultonJefferson CitySpringfieldSt. LouisColumbiaColumbiaBoonvilleGlasgowJefferson CityMoberlySt. LouisMarshallSpringfieldVersaillesFayette
1
Fayette (in town)right here
25%272
2
Columbia23.7 mi away
24%256
3
Boonville13.2 mi away
4%44
4
Glasgow9.9 mi away
3%30
5
Jefferson City48.6 mi away
2%24
6
Moberly23 mi away
2%22
7
St. Louis135.9 mi away
2%20
8
Marshall27.8 mi away
2%18
9
Springfield138.8 mi away
1%13
10
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%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.

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