Work & commute · Parson Creek

Work & commute in Parson Creek, MO

Most working residents leave Parson Creek for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chillicothe (21%), Brookfield (9%) and Meadville (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 267 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 247 Parson Creek residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parson Creek.

247live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parson Creek goes to work

Chillicothe13.5 mi away

21%56

Brookfield11.6 mi away

9%25

Meadville1.2 mi away

7%19

Milan31.3 mi away

5%14

Trenton26.9 mi away

5%13

Marceline18.9 mi away

3%8

Linneus9.4 mi away

2%6

Grantsville16.6 mi away

2%6

Columbia76.9 mi away

2%5

Macon43.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%111

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

How far

How far Parson Creek commutes

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

12%

44%

17%

27%

12%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parson Creek is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parson Creek are

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

Jobs based in Parson Creek

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Parson Creek residents hold

267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+6%

Jobs based in Parson Creek, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 133. 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.