Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, MO

About one in 3 of Liberty’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dexter (29%), Sikeston (6%) and Poplar Bluff (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

2,170 of 6,071 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,901 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 2,170 work right here, and 3,425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

3,901live here, work elsewhere

2,170live and work here

3,425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Dexter6.1 mi away

29%1,733

Sikeston26.7 mi away

6%376

Poplar Bluff21.9 mi away

6%344

Liberty (in town)right here

4%273

Dudley6.3 mi away

4%267

Cape Girardeau48.2 mi away

3%211

Bernie4.3 mi away

3%164

Castor12.1 mi away

2%145

Bloomfield12.7 mi away

2%108

Malden8.2 mi away

2%103

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,347

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

How far

How far Liberty commutes

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

44%

19%

17%

20%

44%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

5,595 jobs are based in Liberty. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Liberty’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Liberty

5,595 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

6,071 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−11%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 6,259 → 5,595. 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.