Work & commute · Licking

Work & commute in Licking, MO

Most working residents leave Licking for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Rolla (8%), Houston (6%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

91 of 585 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 494 Licking residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 895 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Licking.

494live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

895work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Licking goes to work

Licking (in town)right here

16%91

Rolla31.3 mi away

8%48

Houston13.6 mi away

6%36

Springfield81.4 mi away

5%32

Sherrill1.8 mi away

4%21

Salem20.3 mi away

2%14

Lebanon45.3 mi away

2%13

Jefferson City75.7 mi away

2%13

West Plains52.7 mi away

1%8

St. James37.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%302

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

How far

How far Licking commutes

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

20%

18%

44%

20%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Licking is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Licking are

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

Jobs based in Licking

986 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Licking residents hold

585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−16%

Jobs based in Licking, 2013 → 2023: 1,171 → 986. 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.