Work & commute · Ozark

Work & commute in Ozark, MO

Most working residents leave Ozark for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lamar (12%), Pittsburg (11%) and Liberal (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 313 Ozark residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ozark.

313live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ozark goes to work

Lamar15.7 mi away

12%41

Pittsburg, KS10.7 mi away

11%38

Liberal3.4 mi away

7%23

Joplin31.2 mi away

5%17

Nevada25 mi away

5%16

Springfield73.3 mi away

4%15

Kansas City110.6 mi away

4%13

Carthage29.1 mi away

4%12

Union15 mi away

3%10

Nashville9.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%145

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

How far

How far Ozark commutes

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

13%

38%

17%

32%

13%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ozark is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ozark are

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

Jobs based in Ozark

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Ozark residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−27%

Jobs based in Ozark, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 143. 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.