Work & commute · Pomona

Work & commute in Pomona, MO

Most working residents leave Pomona for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are West Plains (33%), Willow Springs (9%) and Mountain View (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 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 149 Pomona residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pomona.

149live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pomona goes to work

West Plains9.4 mi away

33%49

Willow Springs8.6 mi away

9%13

Mountain View14.4 mi away

5%7

Springfield79.5 mi away

4%6

Mountain Grove26.8 mi away

2%3

Winona33.6 mi away

1%2

Branson West83 mi away

1%2

Lebanon69.1 mi away

1%2

Clinton24.2 mi away

1%2

Maumelle, AR142 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%63

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

How far

How far Pomona commutes

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

48%

21%

22%

48%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pomona is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pomona are

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

Jobs based in Pomona

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Pomona residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+925%

Jobs based in Pomona, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 41. 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.