Work & commute · Gainesville

Work & commute in Gainesville, MO

About one in 5 of Gainesville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mountain Home (17%), Springfield (5%) and West Plains (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

44 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 176 Gainesville residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gainesville.

176live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gainesville goes to work

Gainesville (in town)right here

20%44

Mountain Home, AR18.9 mi away

17%37

Springfield62.9 mi away

5%12

West Plains32.2 mi away

3%6

Midway, AR15.1 mi away

3%6

Ava27.6 mi away

2%5

Ozark52.9 mi away

2%4

Eldon120.8 mi away

1%3

Salem86.6 mi away

1%3

Maryland Heights180.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%97

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

How far

How far Gainesville commutes

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

27%

24%

13%

36%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gainesville is a job hub

2.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gainesville are

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

Jobs based in Gainesville

559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Gainesville residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−17%

Jobs based in Gainesville, 2013 → 2023: 671 → 559. 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.