Work & commute · Marshall

Work & commute in Marshall, MO

43% of Marshall’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Columbia (5%), Sedalia (4%) and Kansas City (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

2,423 of 5,613 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 3,190 Marshall residents head out of town to work, 2,423 work right here, and 3,608 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshall.

3,190live here, work elsewhere

2,423live and work here

3,608work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshall goes to work

Marshall (in town)right here

43%2,423

Columbia48.4 mi away

5%258

Sedalia28.4 mi away

4%235

Kansas City72.3 mi away

4%221

Jefferson City67 mi away

1%62

Slater10.5 mi away

1%61

St. Louis162.5 mi away

1%56

Springfield132.7 mi away

1%49

Concordia21.6 mi away

1%47

Warrensburg36.9 mi away

1%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,154

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

How far

How far Marshall commutes

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

52%

16%

27%

52%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshall are

6,031 jobs are based in Marshall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marshall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marshall

6,031 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Marshall residents hold

5,613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−13%

Jobs based in Marshall, 2013 → 2023: 6,927 → 6,031. 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.