Work & commute · Noel

Work & commute in Noel, MO

About one in 3 of Noel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Southwest City (16%), Bentonville (4%) and Rogers (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

228 of 743 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 515 Noel residents head out of town to work, 228 work right here, and 1,869 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Noel.

515live here, work elsewhere

228live and work here

1,869work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Noel goes to work

Noel (in town)right here

31%228

Southwest City6.8 mi away

16%121

Bentonville, AR19.4 mi away

4%30

Rogers, AR24.3 mi away

3%22

Springfield80.1 mi away

3%21

Neosho21.9 mi away

3%19

Anderson8.1 mi away

2%14

Gentry, AR20.1 mi away

2%13

Springdale, AR30.5 mi away

2%13

Pineville5.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%251

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

How far

How far Noel commutes

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

56%

18%

56%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Noel is a job hub

2.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Noel are

2,097 jobs are based in Noel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Noel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Noel

2,097 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Noel residents hold

743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+918%

Jobs based in Noel, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 2,097. 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.