Work & commute · Webb

Work & commute in Webb, MO

Most working residents leave Webb for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (40%), Carthage (8%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

550 of 5,365 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 4,815 Webb residents head out of town to work, 550 work right here, and 3,728 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Webb.

4,815live here, work elsewhere

550live and work here

3,728work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Webb goes to work

Joplin4.9 mi away

40%2,156

Webb City (in town)right here

10%550

Carthage8 mi away

8%409

Springfield64.8 mi away

4%235

Neosho21 mi away

2%93

Carl Junction4.4 mi away

2%83

Duquesne4.9 mi away

1%80

Kansas City137.1 mi away

1%66

Airport Drive2.7 mi away

1%46

Pittsburg, KS22.7 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,606

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

How far

How far Webb commutes

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

70%

18%

70%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Webb is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Webb are

4,278 jobs are based in Webb. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Webb’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Webb

4,278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Webb residents hold

5,365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+20%

Jobs based in Webb, 2013 → 2023: 3,566 → 4,278. 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.