Work & commute · Galena

Work & commute in Galena, MO

Most working residents leave Galena for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (17%), Branson (11%) and Ozark (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 177 Galena residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galena.

177live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galena goes to work

Springfield28.8 mi away

17%32

Branson15.7 mi away

11%21

Galena (in town)right here

4%8

Ozark21.1 mi away

3%5

Reeds Spring6.6 mi away

2%4

Nixa19.3 mi away

2%4

Joplin60 mi away

2%4

Siloam Springs, AR72.7 mi away

2%3

Crane8.8 mi away

2%3

Branson West9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%98

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

How far

How far Galena commutes

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

15%

37%

25%

23%

15%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galena is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Galena are

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

Jobs based in Galena

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Galena residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+1%

Jobs based in Galena, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 317. 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.