Work & commute · Piney

Work & commute in Piney, MO

About one in 3 of Piney’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houston (31%), Springfield (7%) and Licking (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

522 of 1,584 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,062 Piney residents head out of town to work, 522 work right here, and 1,527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piney.

1,062live here, work elsewhere

522live and work here

1,527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piney goes to work

Houston0.7 mi away

31%488

Springfield73.1 mi away

7%117

Licking13.8 mi away

4%69

West Plains40.8 mi away

3%42

Lebanon44.8 mi away

3%42

Cabool15.3 mi away

3%41

Piney (in town)right here

2%34

Mountain Grove20.7 mi away

2%33

Rolla44.7 mi away

2%31

Fort Leonard Wood31.2 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%658

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

How far

How far Piney commutes

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

36%

16%

18%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piney is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Piney are

2,049 jobs are based in Piney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Piney

2,049 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Piney residents hold

1,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−6%

Jobs based in Piney, 2013 → 2023: 2,170 → 2,049. 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.