Work & commute · Laurie

Work & commute in Laurie, MO

Most working residents leave Laurie for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Versailles (8%), Osage Beach (6%) and Jefferson City (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

44 of 320 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 276 Laurie residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurie.

276live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurie goes to work

Laurie (in town)right here

14%44

Versailles15.6 mi away

8%25

Osage Beach10.9 mi away

6%19

Jefferson City43.1 mi away

6%18

Springfield74.5 mi away

5%16

Camdenton14 mi away

4%13

Sunrise Beach3.9 mi away

2%6

Eldon16.7 mi away

2%5

Sedalia40.9 mi away

2%5

Stover18.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%165

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

How far

How far Laurie commutes

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

33%

24%

11%

32%

33%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurie is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurie are

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

Jobs based in Laurie

668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Laurie residents hold

320 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−5%

Jobs based in Laurie, 2013 → 2023: 703 → 668. 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.