Work & commute · Lake Ozark

Work & commute in Lake Ozark, MO

Most working residents leave Lake Ozark for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Osage Beach (22%), Jefferson City (7%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

79 of 766 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 687 Lake Ozark residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 1,776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Ozark.

687live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

1,776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Ozark goes to work

Osage Beach4.6 mi away

22%166

Lake Ozark (in town)right here

10%79

Jefferson City35.3 mi away

7%54

Springfield78.3 mi away

4%33

Eldon10.8 mi away

4%28

Village of Four Seasons4.6 mi away

3%24

Camdenton14.5 mi away

3%21

Kansas City121.7 mi away

1%11

Rolla50.4 mi away

1%10

Versailles19.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%332

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

How far

How far Lake Ozark commutes

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

50%

11%

14%

26%

50%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Ozark is a job hub

2.42jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Ozark are

1,855 jobs are based in Lake Ozark. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Ozark’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Ozark

1,855 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Lake Ozark residents hold

766 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+9%

Jobs based in Lake Ozark, 2013 → 2023: 1,708 → 1,855. 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.