Work & commute · Nixa

Work & commute in Nixa, MO

Most working residents leave Nixa for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (54%), Ozark (4%) and Branson (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,165 of 10,469 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,304 Nixa residents head out of town to work, 1,165 work right here, and 4,797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nixa.

9,304live here, work elsewhere

1,165live and work here

4,797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nixa goes to work

Springfield10.4 mi away

54%5,623

Nixa (in town)right here

11%1,165

Ozark4.4 mi away

4%404

Branson29.1 mi away

3%272

Republic10.7 mi away

1%126

Kansas City159.1 mi away

1%119

Monett35.9 mi away

1%81

Joplin66.5 mi away

1%81

Lebanon55.7 mi away

1%76

Jefferson City121.7 mi away

0%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,476

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

How far

How far Nixa commutes

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

48%

32%

13%

48%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nixa is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nixa are

5,962 jobs are based in Nixa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nixa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nixa

5,962 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Nixa residents hold

10,469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+30%

Jobs based in Nixa, 2013 → 2023: 4,581 → 5,962. 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.