Work & commute · Hartville

Work & commute in Hartville, MO

Most working residents leave Hartville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (20%), Lebanon (7%) and Ava (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 167 Hartville residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartville.

167live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartville goes to work

Springfield43 mi away

20%36

Hartville (in town)right here

7%12

Lebanon30.2 mi away

7%12

Ava22 mi away

5%9

Mansfield10.4 mi away

4%7

Marshfield22.8 mi away

4%7

Mountain Grove15.8 mi away

3%5

Seymour15.8 mi away

2%3

Cabool24.1 mi away

2%3

West Plains50.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%82

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

How far

How far Hartville commutes

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

14%

25%

36%

25%

14%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartville are

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

Jobs based in Hartville

239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Hartville residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−39%

Jobs based in Hartville, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 239. 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.