Work & commute · Vandalia

Work & commute in Vandalia, MO

Most working residents leave Vandalia for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Mexico (9%), Columbia (6%) and Jefferson City (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

133 of 858 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 725 Vandalia residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vandalia.

725live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vandalia goes to work

Vandalia (in town)right here

16%133

Mexico22.9 mi away

9%79

Columbia51.3 mi away

6%51

Jefferson City63.1 mi away

5%43

Bowling Green15.5 mi away

4%33

Kansas City164.3 mi away

3%23

Moberly51.2 mi away

2%20

Fulton39.9 mi away

2%17

Springfield175.7 mi away

2%15

Centralia35.1 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%432

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

How far

How far Vandalia commutes

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

27%

16%

15%

42%

27%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vandalia is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vandalia are

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

Jobs based in Vandalia

631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Vandalia residents hold

858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−35%

Jobs based in Vandalia, 2013 → 2023: 975 → 631. 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.