Work & commute · Tipton

Work & commute in Tipton, MO

Most working residents leave Tipton for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson City (15%), Columbia (6%) and California (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

164 of 993 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 829 Tipton residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 751 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tipton.

829live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

751work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tipton goes to work

Tipton (in town)right here

17%164

Jefferson City33.3 mi away

15%150

Columbia31.7 mi away

6%63

California11.7 mi away

6%57

Sedalia24.8 mi away

3%28

Syracuse5.2 mi away

2%24

Versailles15.7 mi away

2%20

Boonville21.3 mi away

2%15

St. Louis136.9 mi away

1%11

Eldon23.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%451

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

How far

How far Tipton commutes

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

26%

20%

32%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tipton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tipton are

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

Jobs based in Tipton

915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Tipton residents hold

993 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−15%

Jobs based in Tipton, 2013 → 2023: 1,076 → 915. 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.