Work & commute · Novinger

Work & commute in Novinger, MO

Most working residents leave Novinger for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kirksville (42%), Ottumwa (2%) and Milan (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 157 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 151 Novinger residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Novinger.

151live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Novinger goes to work

Kirksville7.4 mi away

42%66

Novinger (in town)right here

4%6

Ottumwa, IA56.4 mi away

2%3

Milan22.1 mi away

2%3

Hannibal78.2 mi away

2%3

Warsaw141.7 mi away

1%2

Boonville88 mi away

1%2

Moberly58.2 mi away

1%2

Jefferson City118.6 mi away

1%2

Kansas City124.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%66

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

How far

How far Novinger commutes

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

58%

32%

58%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Novinger is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Novinger are

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

Jobs based in Novinger

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Novinger residents hold

157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−7%

Jobs based in Novinger, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 83. 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.