Work & commute · Greenville

Work & commute in Greenville, MO

Most working residents leave Greenville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Poplar Bluff (12%), Piedmont (11%) and Farmington (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

21 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 102 Greenville residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenville.

102live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenville goes to work

Greenville (in town)right here

17%21

Poplar Bluff25.3 mi away

12%15

Piedmont13.7 mi away

11%14

Farmington45.2 mi away

2%3

Cape Girardeau50.5 mi away

2%3

Marble Hill28.3 mi away

2%2

Fredericktown31.1 mi away

2%2

Caruthersville78.4 mi away

2%2

Perryville51.9 mi away

2%2

Harrisonville237.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%57

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

How far

How far Greenville commutes

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

28%

19%

23%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenville is a job hub

2.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenville are

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

Jobs based in Greenville

329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Greenville residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

−20%

Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 413 → 329. 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.