Work & commute · Strafford

Work & commute in Strafford, MO

Most working residents leave Strafford for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (55%), Nixa (1%) and Kansas City (1%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

99 of 946 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 847 Strafford residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strafford.

847live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

1,768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strafford goes to work

Springfield10.9 mi away

55%516

Strafford (in town)right here

10%99

Nixa18.3 mi away

1%14

Kansas City150 mi away

1%14

Ozark17.2 mi away

1%13

Marshfield12.5 mi away

1%12

Lebanon37.5 mi away

1%11

Joplin77.3 mi away

1%9

Republic17.6 mi away

1%8

Branson45.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%242

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

How far

How far Strafford commutes

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

43%

36%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strafford is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Strafford are

1,867 jobs are based in Strafford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Strafford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Strafford

1,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Strafford residents hold

946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+73%

Jobs based in Strafford, 2013 → 2023: 1,080 → 1,867. 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.