Work & commute · Preston

Work & commute in Preston, MO

Most working residents leave Preston for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (10%), Wheatland (8%) and Hermitage (6%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 51 Preston residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Preston.

51live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Preston goes to work

Springfield51.7 mi away

10%5

Wheatland9.9 mi away

8%4

Hermitage6.3 mi away

6%3

Bolivar25.8 mi away

6%3

Lebanon35.4 mi away

4%2

Joplin92.6 mi away

4%2

Ames, IA283.1 mi away

2%1

Iola, KS119.2 mi away

2%1

Fort Scott, KS81.7 mi away

2%1

Pittsburg, KS89 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%28

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

How far

How far Preston commutes

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

20%

14%

24%

43%

20%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Preston is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Preston are

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

Jobs based in Preston

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Preston residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+104%

Jobs based in Preston, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 94. 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.