Work & commute · Neelyville

Work & commute in Neelyville, MO

Most working residents leave Neelyville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Poplar Bluff (42%), Dudley (3%) and Dexter (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 98 Neelyville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neelyville.

98live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neelyville goes to work

Poplar Bluff15.3 mi away

42%42

Dudley28.4 mi away

3%3

Dexter34.6 mi away

3%3

Kennett33.9 mi away

3%3

Cape Girardeau74.1 mi away

3%3

Neelyville (in town)right here

2%2

Creve Coeur145.5 mi away

2%2

Maryland Heights149.3 mi away

2%2

Jefferson City166.1 mi away

2%2

Springfield159.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%36

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

How far

How far Neelyville commutes

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

53%

13%

27%

7%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neelyville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Neelyville are

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

Jobs based in Neelyville

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Neelyville residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−38%

Jobs based in Neelyville, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 104. 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.