Work & commute · Huntsville

Work & commute in Huntsville, MO

Most working residents leave Huntsville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Moberly (26%), Columbia (17%) and Macon (2%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 540 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 501 Huntsville residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntsville.

501live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntsville goes to work

Moberly5.9 mi away

26%141

Columbia35.7 mi away

17%92

Huntsville (in town)right here

7%39

Macon21.5 mi away

2%13

Jefferson City63.2 mi away

2%11

Fulton51.2 mi away

2%10

Kansas City109.4 mi away

1%8

Hannibal63.8 mi away

1%7

Creve Coeur124.8 mi away

1%6

Clifton Hill6.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%208

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

How far

How far Huntsville commutes

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

39%

23%

30%

39%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntsville is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntsville are

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

Jobs based in Huntsville

320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Huntsville residents hold

540 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−16%

Jobs based in Huntsville, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 320. 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.