Work & commute · Macon

Work & commute in Macon, MO

43% of Macon’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Moberly (9%), Kirksville (3%) and Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

802 of 1,868 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,066 Macon residents head out of town to work, 802 work right here, and 2,406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Macon.

1,066live here, work elsewhere

802live and work here

2,406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Macon goes to work

Macon (in town)right here

43%802

Moberly22.5 mi away

9%177

Kirksville32 mi away

3%49

Columbia55.5 mi away

3%48

Hannibal57 mi away

2%37

Kansas City118.9 mi away

1%27

Jefferson City82.7 mi away

1%25

Bevier5 mi away

1%18

Shelbina23.2 mi away

1%16

Marceline25.4 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%654

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

How far

How far Macon commutes

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

48%

15%

29%

48%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Macon is a job hub

1.72jobs 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 Macon are

3,208 jobs are based in Macon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Macon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Macon

3,208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Macon residents hold

1,868 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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Jobs based in Macon, 2013 → 2023: 3,211 → 3,208. 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.