Work & commute · Rockaway Beach

Work & commute in Rockaway Beach, MO

Most working residents leave Rockaway Beach for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Branson (35%), Springfield (15%) and Forsyth (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 337 Rockaway Beach residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockaway Beach.

337live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockaway Beach goes to work

Branson9.2 mi away

35%119

Springfield34.8 mi away

15%51

Forsyth3.4 mi away

4%15

Ozark23 mi away

3%10

Merriam Woods1.4 mi away

2%6

Hollister7.7 mi away

2%6

Joplin78.4 mi away

2%6

Kansas City183.7 mi away

1%5

Bentonville, AR64.2 mi away

1%3

Kirbyville5.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%113

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

How far

How far Rockaway Beach commutes

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

53%

10%

20%

17%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockaway Beach is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockaway Beach are

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

Jobs based in Rockaway Beach

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Rockaway Beach residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month34%

−8%

Jobs based in Rockaway Beach, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 47. 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.