Work & commute · Merriam Woods

Work & commute in Merriam Woods, MO

Most working residents leave Merriam Woods for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Branson (33%), Springfield (15%) and Forsyth (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 815 Merriam Woods residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merriam Woods.

815live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merriam Woods goes to work

Branson9.5 mi away

33%273

Springfield33.4 mi away

15%124

Forsyth4.6 mi away

3%28

Hollister8.6 mi away

3%24

Joplin77.4 mi away

1%12

Kansas City182.2 mi away

1%10

Ozark21.7 mi away

1%8

Columbia160.6 mi away

1%8

Nixa23.4 mi away

1%7

Branson West12.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%318

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

How far

How far Merriam Woods commutes

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

51%

11%

21%

18%

51%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merriam Woods is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merriam Woods are

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

Jobs based in Merriam Woods

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Merriam Woods residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

+89%

Jobs based in Merriam Woods, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 53. 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.