Work & commute · Iberia

Work & commute in Iberia, MO

Most working residents leave Iberia for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Osage Beach (11%), Jefferson City (10%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 248 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 226 Iberia residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iberia.

226live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iberia goes to work

Osage Beach19.4 mi away

11%28

Jefferson City33.7 mi away

10%26

Iberia (in town)right here

9%22

Springfield82.4 mi away

4%11

Tuscumbia13.6 mi away

4%10

Lake Ozark19.7 mi away

4%10

Eldon23.7 mi away

4%9

Waynesville19 mi away

2%6

St. Elizabeth11.7 mi away

2%4

Camdenton25.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%118

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

How far

How far Iberia commutes

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

17%

40%

21%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iberia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Iberia are

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

Jobs based in Iberia

289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Iberia residents hold

248 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+6%

Jobs based in Iberia, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 289. 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.