Work & commute · Hermitage

Work & commute in Hermitage, MO

Most working residents leave Hermitage for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (12%), Bolivar (8%) and Buffalo (3%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

30 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 195 Hermitage residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hermitage.

195live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hermitage goes to work

Hermitage (in town)right here

13%30

Springfield51.8 mi away

12%28

Bolivar24.1 mi away

8%19

Buffalo24.3 mi away

3%7

Lebanon41.1 mi away

3%7

Wheatland3.6 mi away

2%5

Sedalia52.8 mi away

2%5

Joplin88 mi away

2%5

Kansas City104.9 mi away

2%5

Lenexa, KS106.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%110

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

How far

How far Hermitage commutes

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

24%

17%

16%

43%

24%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hermitage is a job hub

2.19jobs 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 Hermitage are

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

Jobs based in Hermitage

493 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Hermitage residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+9%

Jobs based in Hermitage, 2013 → 2023: 452 → 493. 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.