Work & commute · Mountain View

Work & commute in Mountain View, MO

About one in 4 of Mountain View’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are West Plains (14%), Springfield (9%) and Willow Springs (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

194 of 827 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 633 Mountain View residents head out of town to work, 194 work right here, and 810 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain View.

633live here, work elsewhere

194live and work here

810work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain View goes to work

Mountain View (in town)right here

23%194

West Plains19.9 mi away

14%112

Springfield88.8 mi away

9%76

Willow Springs14.3 mi away

3%26

Winona20.7 mi away

2%16

Mountain Grove32.6 mi away

1%8

Jefferson City111.8 mi away

1%8

Thayer33.8 mi away

1%6

Rolla65.9 mi away

1%6

Lebanon70.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%369

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

How far

How far Mountain View commutes

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

32%

28%

33%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain View is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain View are

1,004 jobs are based in Mountain View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain View

1,004 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Mountain View residents hold

827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−23%

Jobs based in Mountain View, 2013 → 2023: 1,308 → 1,004. 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.