Work & commute · Kirksville

Work & commute in Kirksville, MO

49% of Kirksville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Columbia (3%), Milan (3%) and Kansas City (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

2,827 of 5,789 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,962 Kirksville residents head out of town to work, 2,827 work right here, and 4,178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirksville.

2,962live here, work elsewhere

2,827live and work here

4,178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirksville goes to work

Kirksville (in town)right here

49%2,827

Columbia87.4 mi away

3%181

Milan29 mi away

3%166

Kansas City128.6 mi away

2%102

Hannibal70.8 mi away

2%97

Jefferson City114.7 mi away

2%94

Macon32 mi away

2%89

Greentop10.5 mi away

1%83

Moberly54.4 mi away

1%62

Marshall81.9 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,052

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

How far

How far Kirksville commutes

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

57%

32%

57%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirksville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirksville are

7,005 jobs are based in Kirksville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kirksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kirksville

7,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Kirksville residents hold

5,789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−17%

Jobs based in Kirksville, 2013 → 2023: 8,458 → 7,005. 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.