Work & commute · Hollister

Work & commute in Hollister, MO

Most working residents leave Hollister for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Branson (40%), Springfield (11%) and Forsyth (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

129 of 2,125 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,996 Hollister residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 1,601 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hollister.

1,996live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

1,601work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hollister goes to work

Branson3.6 mi away

40%844

Springfield40.8 mi away

11%228

Hollister (in town)right here

6%129

Forsyth9 mi away

2%36

Joplin77.3 mi away

1%30

Ozark29.5 mi away

1%25

Branson West10.6 mi away

1%23

Kansas City188.2 mi away

1%22

Nixa30.5 mi away

1%16

Jefferson City147.3 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%756

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

How far

How far Hollister commutes

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

64%

17%

16%

64%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hollister is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hollister are

1,730 jobs are based in Hollister. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hollister’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hollister

1,730 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hollister residents hold

2,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−3%

Jobs based in Hollister, 2013 → 2023: 1,775 → 1,730. 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.