Work & commute · Lockwood

Work & commute in Lockwood, MO

Most working residents leave Lockwood for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (12%), Joplin (4%) and Greenfield (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

45 of 336 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 291 Lockwood residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockwood.

291live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockwood goes to work

Lockwood (in town)right here

13%45

Springfield39.3 mi away

12%40

Joplin36.5 mi away

4%14

Greenfield7 mi away

4%13

Carthage25.7 mi away

3%11

Mount Vernon21.2 mi away

3%9

Lamar18.6 mi away

3%9

Bolivar33.6 mi away

2%8

Fayetteville, AR91.6 mi away

1%5

Golden City7.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%178

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

How far

How far Lockwood commutes

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

38%

12%

32%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockwood are

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

Jobs based in Lockwood

372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lockwood residents hold

336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−29%

Jobs based in Lockwood, 2013 → 2023: 522 → 372. 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.