Work & commute · Mountain Grove

Work & commute in Mountain Grove, MO

About one in 4 of Mountain Grove’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Springfield (11%), Cabool (7%) and Mansfield (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

349 of 1,485 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,136 Mountain Grove residents head out of town to work, 349 work right here, and 1,489 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Grove.

1,136live here, work elsewhere

349live and work here

1,489work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Grove goes to work

Mountain Grove (in town)right here

24%349

Springfield56.7 mi away

11%160

Cabool9 mi away

7%100

Mansfield17.4 mi away

6%86

West Plains35.2 mi away

3%44

Seymour27.7 mi away

2%32

Houston21.2 mi away

2%29

Lebanon43 mi away

2%28

Ava25.2 mi away

2%26

Clinton3.4 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%612

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

How far

How far Mountain Grove commutes

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

36%

14%

16%

35%

36%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Grove are

1,838 jobs are based in Mountain Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain Grove

1,838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Mountain Grove residents hold

1,485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+5%

Jobs based in Mountain Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,751 → 1,838. 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.