Work & commute · Sherrill

Work & commute in Sherrill, MO

Most working residents leave Sherrill for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Licking (16%), Houston (8%) and Rolla (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

231 of 1,203 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 972 Sherrill residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 873 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sherrill.

972live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

873work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sherrill goes to work

Licking1.8 mi away

16%191

Houston15.2 mi away

8%98

Rolla30 mi away

7%90

Springfield83.1 mi away

6%70

Sherrill (in town)right here

3%40

Salem18.5 mi away

3%35

Lebanon46.5 mi away

2%28

Jefferson City75 mi away

2%25

Fort Leonard Wood23.1 mi away

2%22

West Plains53.8 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%585

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

How far

How far Sherrill commutes

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

20%

22%

18%

40%

20%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sherrill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sherrill are

1,104 jobs are based in Sherrill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sherrill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sherrill

1,104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Sherrill residents hold

1,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−14%

Jobs based in Sherrill, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 1,104. 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.