Work & commute · Roubidoux

Work & commute in Roubidoux, MO

Most working residents leave Roubidoux for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (18%), Licking (10%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 456 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 440 Roubidoux residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roubidoux.

440live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roubidoux goes to work

Houston18.5 mi away

18%81

Licking16.8 mi away

10%44

Springfield66.2 mi away

6%28

Fort Leonard Wood15.5 mi away

5%22

Lebanon28.7 mi away

5%21

Rolla36 mi away

4%17

West Plains57.4 mi away

3%15

Waynesville20 mi away

3%14

St. Robert20.5 mi away

3%13

Plato3.7 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%190

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

How far

How far Roubidoux commutes

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

43%

20%

33%

4%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roubidoux is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roubidoux are

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

Jobs based in Roubidoux

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Roubidoux residents hold

456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+20%

Jobs based in Roubidoux, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 232. 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.