Work & commute · Otterville

Work & commute in Otterville, MO

Most working residents leave Otterville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (21%), Boonville (13%) and Sedalia (9%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 160 Otterville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otterville.

160live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otterville goes to work

Columbia40.1 mi away

21%34

Boonville22.6 mi away

13%21

Sedalia12.6 mi away

9%14

Jefferson City45.6 mi away

6%10

Pilot Grove12.8 mi away

4%7

Marshall30.4 mi away

4%6

Tipton12.4 mi away

3%5

Otterville (in town)right here

2%3

Kansas City88.2 mi away

2%3

Smithton5.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%58

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

How far

How far Otterville commutes

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

39%

37%

19%

5%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otterville is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otterville are

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

Jobs based in Otterville

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Otterville residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−47%

Jobs based in Otterville, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 65. 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.