Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, MO

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Moberly (21%), Columbia (17%) and Paris (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 202 Madison residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

202live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Moberly12.5 mi away

21%44

Columbia37 mi away

17%36

Madison (in town)right here

5%10

Paris10.9 mi away

4%8

Centralia18.8 mi away

3%7

Jefferson City62.8 mi away

3%6

Creve Coeur110.4 mi away

2%5

Maryland Heights107.1 mi away

2%5

Macon22.9 mi away

1%3

St. Charles102.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%85

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

36%

23%

31%

9%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

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

Jobs based in Madison

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Madison residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+2%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 87. 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.