Work & commute · Linn

Work & commute in Linn, MO

Most working residents leave Linn for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson City (32%), Columbia (3%) and Owensville (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

96 of 584 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 488 Linn residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linn.

488live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linn goes to work

Jefferson City18.9 mi away

32%184

Linn (in town)right here

16%96

Columbia41.5 mi away

3%19

Owensville20.9 mi away

3%17

Springfield118.7 mi away

2%13

Fulton26.6 mi away

1%6

Chesterfield69.5 mi away

1%6

Eldon40.6 mi away

1%5

Creve Coeur76.8 mi away

1%4

St. Charles75 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%230

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

How far

How far Linn commutes

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

27%

42%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linn is a job hub

1.67jobs 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 Linn are

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

Jobs based in Linn

975 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Linn residents hold

584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+37%

Jobs based in Linn, 2013 → 2023: 712 → 975. 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.