Work & commute · Versailles

Work & commute in Versailles, MO

About one in 3 of Versailles’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jefferson City (5%), Springfield (4%) and Eldon (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

298 of 928 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 630 Versailles residents head out of town to work, 298 work right here, and 1,346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Versailles.

630live here, work elsewhere

298live and work here

1,346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Versailles goes to work

Versailles (in town)right here

32%298

Jefferson City37.4 mi away

5%50

Springfield88.9 mi away

4%36

Eldon15.7 mi away

3%27

Laurie15.6 mi away

2%20

Stover7.8 mi away

2%18

Osage Beach23.2 mi away

2%17

Columbia45.2 mi away

2%17

Tipton15.7 mi away

2%14

Camdenton29.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%419

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

How far

How far Versailles commutes

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

44%

19%

13%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Versailles is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Versailles are

1,644 jobs are based in Versailles. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Versailles’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Versailles

1,644 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Versailles residents hold

928 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+20%

Jobs based in Versailles, 2013 → 2023: 1,366 → 1,644. 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.