Work & commute · Hannibal

Work & commute in Hannibal, MO

45% of Hannibal’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Quincy (6%), Columbia (3%) and Palmyra (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

3,145 of 7,061 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 3,916 Hannibal residents head out of town to work, 3,145 work right here, and 6,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hannibal.

3,916live here, work elsewhere

3,145live and work here

6,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hannibal goes to work

Hannibal (in town)right here

45%3,145

Quincy, IL15.6 mi away

6%418

Columbia72.3 mi away

3%180

Palmyra9.1 mi away

2%170

Jefferson City89.1 mi away

2%129

Ellington, IL20.2 mi away

2%129

O'Fallon73.8 mi away

2%119

Bowling Green27.2 mi away

1%66

Kansas City172.9 mi away

1%64

Monroe City18.1 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,578

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

How far

How far Hannibal commutes

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

52%

14%

29%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hannibal is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hannibal are

9,599 jobs are based in Hannibal. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hannibal’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hannibal

9,599 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Hannibal residents hold

7,061 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−7%

Jobs based in Hannibal, 2013 → 2023: 10,290 → 9,599. 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.