Work & commute · Walnut Grove

Work & commute in Walnut Grove, MO

Most working residents leave Walnut Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (46%), Ash Grove (8%) and Republic (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 215 Walnut Grove residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnut Grove.

215live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnut Grove goes to work

Springfield20.5 mi away

46%103

Ash Grove6.6 mi away

8%19

Walnut Grove (in town)right here

4%9

Republic18.3 mi away

3%6

Kansas City130.3 mi away

3%6

Monett39.8 mi away

2%4

Bolivar15.1 mi away

2%4

Buffalo29.5 mi away

1%3

Strafford25.6 mi away

1%3

Willard10.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%64

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

How far

How far Walnut Grove commutes

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

15%

58%

18%

15%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnut Grove is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnut Grove are

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

Jobs based in Walnut Grove

119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Walnut Grove residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+40%

Jobs based in Walnut Grove, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 119. 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.