Work & commute · Seymour

Work & commute in Seymour, MO

Most working residents leave Seymour for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (30%), Ava (4%) and Marshfield (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

94 of 622 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 528 Seymour residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 798 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seymour.

528live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

798work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seymour goes to work

Springfield29 mi away

30%185

Seymour (in town)right here

15%94

Ava14.4 mi away

4%23

Marshfield15.6 mi away

3%19

Mansfield10.7 mi away

3%18

Ozark26 mi away

2%13

Rogersville17 mi away

1%9

Nixa29.9 mi away

1%9

Lebanon36.7 mi away

1%7

Strafford21 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%239

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

How far

How far Seymour commutes

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

24%

20%

39%

17%

24%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seymour is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seymour are

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

Jobs based in Seymour

892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Seymour residents hold

622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+15%

Jobs based in Seymour, 2013 → 2023: 777 → 892. 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.