Work & commute · Holts Summit

Work & commute in Holts Summit, MO

Most working residents leave Holts Summit for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson City (50%), Columbia (10%) and Fulton (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 2,133 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,083 Holts Summit residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 593 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holts Summit.

2,083live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

593work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holts Summit goes to work

Jefferson City6.5 mi away

50%1,058

Columbia23.7 mi away

10%223

Fulton16.8 mi away

5%97

Holts Summit (in town)right here

2%50

Kansas City135.2 mi away

1%29

Springfield119.1 mi away

1%21

Sedalia60.7 mi away

1%18

New Bloomfield5 mi away

0%10

Eldon32.4 mi away

0%10

Wardsville11.4 mi away

0%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%608

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

How far

How far Holts Summit commutes

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

55%

20%

17%

55%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holts Summit is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Holts Summit are

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

Jobs based in Holts Summit

643 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Holts Summit residents hold

2,133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−7%

Jobs based in Holts Summit, 2013 → 2023: 692 → 643. 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.