Work & commute · Shell Knob

Work & commute in Shell Knob, MO

Most working residents leave Shell Knob for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (14%), Cassville (7%) and Branson (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 394 Shell Knob residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shell Knob.

394live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shell Knob goes to work

Springfield44.7 mi away

14%59

Cassville16.1 mi away

7%28

Shell Knob (in town)right here

5%21

Branson17 mi away

4%16

Joplin60 mi away

3%11

Berryville, AR15.6 mi away

2%10

Galena16 mi away

2%8

Monett29 mi away

2%8

Nixa35.3 mi away

2%8

Bentonville, AR39.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%239

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

How far

How far Shell Knob commutes

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

14%

28%

33%

24%

14%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shell Knob is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shell Knob are

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

Jobs based in Shell Knob

274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Shell Knob residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+47%

Jobs based in Shell Knob, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 274. 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.