Work & commute · Miller

Work & commute in Miller, MO

Most working residents leave Miller for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (31%), Mount Vernon (7%) and Joplin (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 287 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 279 Miller residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miller.

279live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miller goes to work

Springfield30.2 mi away

31%89

Mount Vernon7.7 mi away

7%21

Joplin37.6 mi away

5%13

Miller (in town)right here

3%8

Carthage27 mi away

2%7

Monett20.8 mi away

2%6

Bolivar35.5 mi away

2%5

Republic23.8 mi away

2%5

Columbia145.3 mi away

1%4

Rogers, AR64.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%126

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

How far

How far Miller commutes

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

19%

17%

49%

16%

19%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miller is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Miller are

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

Jobs based in Miller

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Miller residents hold

287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+34%

Jobs based in Miller, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 125. 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.