Work & commute · Fordland

Work & commute in Fordland, MO

Most working residents leave Fordland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (39%), Seymour (3%) and Rogersville (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 243 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 238 Fordland residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fordland.

238live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fordland goes to work

Springfield19.5 mi away

39%95

Seymour9.6 mi away

3%7

Rogersville7.8 mi away

3%7

Ava20.5 mi away

2%6

Ozark17.4 mi away

2%6

Fordland (in town)right here

2%5

Mansfield20.2 mi away

2%5

Kansas City161.7 mi away

2%5

Marshfield13 mi away

2%4

Republic25.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%99

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

How far

How far Fordland commutes

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

16%

57%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fordland is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fordland are

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

Jobs based in Fordland

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fordland residents hold

243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−27%

Jobs based in Fordland, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 157. 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.