Work & commute · Sarcoxie

Work & commute in Sarcoxie, MO

Most working residents leave Sarcoxie for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (21%), Carthage (18%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 530 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 498 Sarcoxie residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sarcoxie.

498live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sarcoxie goes to work

Joplin20.6 mi away

21%110

Carthage12.1 mi away

18%93

Springfield46.8 mi away

7%38

Sarcoxie (in town)right here

6%32

Neosho20.7 mi away

3%15

Monett15 mi away

3%14

Webb City19.4 mi away

2%12

Mount Vernon17.2 mi away

1%7

Kansas City143.9 mi away

1%7

Creve Coeur229.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%197

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

How far

How far Sarcoxie commutes

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

11%

60%

10%

19%

11%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sarcoxie is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sarcoxie are

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

Jobs based in Sarcoxie

387 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Sarcoxie residents hold

530 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+19%

Jobs based in Sarcoxie, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 387. 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.