Work & commute · Goodman

Work & commute in Goodman, MO

Most working residents leave Goodman for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Neosho (16%), Joplin (14%) and Noel (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 472 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 463 Goodman residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodman.

463live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodman goes to work

Neosho7.6 mi away

16%76

Joplin23.8 mi away

14%64

Noel14.4 mi away

6%27

Springfield69.3 mi away

5%24

Bentonville, AR28.5 mi away

3%16

Anderson6.2 mi away

3%14

Southwest City18.8 mi away

3%13

Goodman (in town)right here

2%9

Rogers, AR32.4 mi away

2%8

Seneca13.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%213

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

How far

How far Goodman commutes

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

31%

34%

17%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodman is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodman are

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

Jobs based in Goodman

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Goodman residents hold

472 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−83%

Jobs based in Goodman, 2013 → 2023: 556 → 97. 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.