Work & commute · Summersville

Work & commute in Summersville, MO

Most working residents leave Summersville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (10%), Eminence (6%) and West Plains (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 121 Summersville residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summersville.

121live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summersville goes to work

Houston19.4 mi away

10%13

Summersville (in town)right here

8%10

Eminence16.6 mi away

6%8

West Plains32.6 mi away

5%7

Mountain View13 mi away

4%5

Jefferson City100 mi away

3%4

Springfield90 mi away

3%4

Licking24.9 mi away

2%3

Raymondville14.9 mi away

2%3

Willow Springs21.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%71

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

How far

How far Summersville commutes

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

11%

36%

17%

37%

11%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summersville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Summersville are

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

Jobs based in Summersville

177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Summersville residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+14%

Jobs based in Summersville, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 177. 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.