Work & commute · Mansfield

Work & commute in Mansfield, MO

Most working residents leave Mansfield for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (14%), Mountain Grove (10%) and Norwood (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

62 of 377 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 315 Mansfield residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mansfield.

315live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mansfield goes to work

Mansfield (in town)right here

16%62

Springfield39.6 mi away

14%54

Mountain Grove17.4 mi away

10%39

Norwood8.9 mi away

4%16

Ava11.6 mi away

4%15

Lebanon39.1 mi away

3%12

Seymour10.7 mi away

3%10

Cabool26.3 mi away

3%10

West Plains47 mi away

2%8

Marshfield24.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%144

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

How far

How far Mansfield commutes

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

24%

35%

17%

24%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mansfield is a job hub

2.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mansfield are

1,005 jobs are based in Mansfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mansfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mansfield

1,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Mansfield residents hold

377 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+62%

Jobs based in Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 619 → 1,005. 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.