Work & commute · Pilot Grove

Work & commute in Pilot Grove, MO

Most working residents leave Pilot Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (23%), Boonville (13%) and Sedalia (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 271 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 260 Pilot Grove residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pilot Grove.

260live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pilot Grove goes to work

Columbia31.9 mi away

23%62

Boonville10.8 mi away

13%35

Sedalia20.9 mi away

7%19

Jefferson City45 mi away

4%12

Pilot Grove (in town)right here

4%11

Otterville12.8 mi away

3%7

Marshall22.8 mi away

3%7

Bunceton8.4 mi away

2%6

Moberly45.5 mi away

2%6

Tipton16.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%101

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

How far

How far Pilot Grove commutes

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

14%

28%

36%

22%

14%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pilot Grove is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pilot Grove are

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

Jobs based in Pilot Grove

185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Pilot Grove residents hold

271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−14%

Jobs based in Pilot Grove, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 185. 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.