Work & commute · Freeburg

Work & commute in Freeburg, MO

Most working residents leave Freeburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson City (25%), Owensville (6%) and Westphalia (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 189 Freeburg residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeburg.

189live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeburg goes to work

Jefferson City22.1 mi away

25%48

Owensville23.1 mi away

6%11

Westphalia9.6 mi away

5%9

Linn12 mi away

5%9

Belle11.1 mi away

4%7

Chesterfield76.4 mi away

3%6

Freeburg (in town)right here

2%4

Eldon35.5 mi away

2%3

Kansas City152.3 mi away

2%3

Meta13.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%91

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

How far

How far Freeburg commutes

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

14%

47%

15%

24%

14%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeburg is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeburg are

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

Jobs based in Freeburg

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Freeburg residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−86%

Jobs based in Freeburg, 2013 → 2023: 760 → 110. 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.