Work & commute · Waynesville

Work & commute in Waynesville, MO

Most working residents leave Waynesville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Leonard Wood (15%), St. Robert (11%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

258 of 1,554 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,296 Waynesville residents head out of town to work, 258 work right here, and 2,119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waynesville.

1,296live here, work elsewhere

258live and work here

2,119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waynesville goes to work

Waynesville (in town)right here

17%258

Fort Leonard Wood6.7 mi away

15%239

St. Robert3.6 mi away

11%178

Springfield72.9 mi away

5%75

Lebanon26 mi away

4%69

Rolla26.6 mi away

4%64

Columbia78.1 mi away

2%38

Jefferson City51.7 mi away

2%37

Richland10.1 mi away

1%18

Kansas City154.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%561

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

How far

How far Waynesville commutes

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

49%

14%

33%

49%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waynesville is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waynesville are

2,377 jobs are based in Waynesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waynesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waynesville

2,377 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Waynesville residents hold

1,554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−17%

Jobs based in Waynesville, 2013 → 2023: 2,868 → 2,377. 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.