Work & commute · Taos

Work & commute in Taos, MO

Most working residents leave Taos for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson City (50%), Columbia (7%) and Kansas City (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 424 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 421 Taos residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taos.

421live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taos goes to work

Jefferson City6.5 mi away

50%212

Columbia33.4 mi away

7%31

Kansas City139.2 mi away

3%12

Wardsville4.9 mi away

2%10

Springfield111.4 mi away

2%8

Fulton25.7 mi away

1%5

St. Louis100.2 mi away

1%5

Linn13.4 mi away

1%4

Eldon28.2 mi away

1%4

Sedalia63.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%129

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

How far

How far Taos commutes

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

52%

11%

13%

23%

52%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taos is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taos are

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

Jobs based in Taos

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Taos residents hold

424 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−42%

Jobs based in Taos, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 79. 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.