Work & commute · Leesville

Work & commute in Leesville, MO

Most working residents leave Leesville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (33%), Springfield (6%) and Sedalia (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 391 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 386 Leesville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leesville.

386live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leesville goes to work

Clinton9.9 mi away

33%128

Springfield79.8 mi away

6%22

Sedalia32.6 mi away

4%15

Kansas City75.5 mi away

4%15

Warrensburg30.8 mi away

3%12

Calhoun10 mi away

2%8

Windsor14.8 mi away

2%8

Columbia80.8 mi away

2%7

Bethlehem4.8 mi away

2%7

Warsaw13.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%163

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

How far

How far Leesville commutes

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

13%

33%

14%

39%

13%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leesville is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leesville are

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

Jobs based in Leesville

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Leesville residents hold

391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+7%

Jobs based in Leesville, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 98. 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.