Work & commute · Stockton

Work & commute in Stockton, MO

Most working residents leave Stockton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (14%), Bolivar (10%) and Kansas City (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

122 of 668 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 546 Stockton residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 764 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stockton.

546live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

764work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stockton goes to work

Stockton (in town)right here

18%122

Springfield44.3 mi away

14%93

Bolivar21.7 mi away

10%64

Kansas City106.8 mi away

3%22

Joplin57.8 mi away

3%21

Nevada32 mi away

3%17

El Dorado Springs17.1 mi away

2%15

Sedalia76 mi away

1%10

Lebanon62.2 mi away

1%7

Jefferson City106.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%290

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

How far

How far Stockton commutes

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

23%

18%

25%

34%

23%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stockton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stockton are

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

Jobs based in Stockton

886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Stockton residents hold

668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−1%

Jobs based in Stockton, 2013 → 2023: 898 → 886. 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.