Work & commute · Pontiac

Work & commute in Pontiac, MO

Most working residents leave Pontiac for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (24%), Mountain Home (14%) and Springfield (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 42 Pontiac residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pontiac.

42live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pontiac goes to work

Gainesville11.5 mi away

24%10

Mountain Home, AR17.6 mi away

14%6

Springfield60.2 mi away

10%4

Ava30.3 mi away

5%2

West Plains43.4 mi away

5%2

Gassville, AR17.5 mi away

2%1

Creve Coeur, IL327.6 mi away

2%1

Theodosia5.4 mi away

2%1

Harrisonville175.5 mi away

2%1

Excelsior Springs214.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%13

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

How far

How far Pontiac commutes

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

49%

15%

29%

7%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pontiac is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pontiac are

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

Jobs based in Pontiac

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Pontiac residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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.