Work & commute · Harrisburg

Work & commute in Harrisburg, MO

Most working residents leave Harrisburg for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (55%), Jefferson City (5%) and Independence (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 120 Harrisburg residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrisburg.

120live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrisburg goes to work

Columbia15.1 mi away

55%73

Harrisburg (in town)right here

9%12

Jefferson City42.4 mi away

5%6

Independence101.5 mi away

2%3

Ashland25.5 mi away

2%2

Kansas City112.1 mi away

2%2

Lake Charles, LA619.2 mi away

1%1

Cairo25.6 mi away

1%1

Glasgow21.2 mi away

1%1

Fayette12.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%30

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

How far

How far Harrisburg commutes

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

14%

61%

16%

14%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrisburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrisburg are

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

Jobs based in Harrisburg

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Harrisburg residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−3%

Jobs based in Harrisburg, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 122. 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.