Work & commute · Halfway

Work & commute in Halfway, MO

Most working residents leave Halfway for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (25%), Buffalo (7%) and Bolivar (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 59 Halfway residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halfway.

59live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halfway goes to work

Springfield29.4 mi away

25%15

Buffalo8.1 mi away

7%4

Bolivar9.7 mi away

7%4

Carthage67.8 mi away

5%3

Kansas City126 mi away

5%3

Halfway (in town)right here

3%2

Joplin78.8 mi away

3%2

Columbia104.3 mi away

3%2

Girard, KS88.2 mi away

2%1

Kansas City, KS131.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%24

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

How far

How far Halfway commutes

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

18%

10%

35%

37%

18%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halfway is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halfway are

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

Jobs based in Halfway

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Halfway residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+11%

Jobs based in Halfway, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 136. 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.