Work & commute · Sturgeon

Work & commute in Sturgeon, MO

Most working residents leave Sturgeon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (54%), Jefferson City (5%) and Hallsville (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 394 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 391 Sturgeon residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sturgeon.

391live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sturgeon goes to work

Columbia20 mi away

54%211

Jefferson City46.5 mi away

5%20

Hallsville8.5 mi away

4%17

Centralia8.1 mi away

3%13

Kansas City121.7 mi away

3%12

Fulton31.7 mi away

1%5

Mexico22.5 mi away

1%5

Springfield151.2 mi away

1%5

Sturgeon (in town)right here

1%3

Harrisburg11.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%101

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

How far

How far Sturgeon commutes

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

12%

61%

10%

18%

12%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sturgeon is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sturgeon are

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

Jobs based in Sturgeon

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sturgeon residents hold

394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−36%

Jobs based in Sturgeon, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 129. 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.