Work & commute · Marshfield

Work & commute in Marshfield, MO

About one in 4 of Marshfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Springfield (40%), Strafford (2%) and Kansas City (1%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

653 of 2,892 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,239 Marshfield residents head out of town to work, 653 work right here, and 3,061 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshfield.

2,239live here, work elsewhere

653live and work here

3,061work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshfield goes to work

Springfield23.3 mi away

40%1,158

Marshfield (in town)right here

23%653

Strafford12.5 mi away

2%48

Kansas City152 mi away

1%40

Republic30.1 mi away

1%30

Joplin89.4 mi away

1%29

Ozark27.2 mi away

1%28

Branson53.9 mi away

1%27

Monett63.1 mi away

1%22

Seymour15.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%840

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

How far

How far Marshfield commutes

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

27%

41%

14%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshfield are

3,714 jobs are based in Marshfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marshfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marshfield

3,714 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Marshfield residents hold

2,892 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+20%

Jobs based in Marshfield, 2013 → 2023: 3,103 → 3,714. 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.