Work & commute · Greenfield

Work & commute in Greenfield, MO

Most working residents leave Greenfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (26%), Lockwood (4%) and Bolivar (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 473 working residents

Typical commute

32 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 441 Greenfield residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenfield.

441live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenfield goes to work

Springfield33.9 mi away

26%121

Greenfield (in town)right here

7%32

Lockwood7 mi away

4%21

Bolivar26.7 mi away

4%21

Mount Vernon21.5 mi away

3%13

Joplin43.2 mi away

2%11

Republic29.2 mi away

2%10

Kansas City124.2 mi away

1%7

Everton9.2 mi away

1%6

Ash Grove15.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%225

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

How far

How far Greenfield commutes

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

23%

11%

45%

21%

23%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenfield is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenfield are

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

Jobs based in Greenfield

321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Greenfield residents hold

473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−54%

Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 700 → 321. 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.