Work & commute · Wellsville

Work & commute in Wellsville, MO

Most working residents leave Wellsville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery City (10%), Mexico (8%) and Jefferson City (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 439 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 405 Wellsville residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellsville.

405live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellsville goes to work

Montgomery City7.7 mi away

10%45

Wellsville (in town)right here

8%34

Mexico17.4 mi away

8%33

Jefferson City47.8 mi away

4%19

Columbia41.6 mi away

4%17

Wentzville41.7 mi away

3%15

O'Fallon49.9 mi away

3%13

Bowling Green27.1 mi away

2%9

Warrenton29.1 mi away

2%9

Jonesburg20.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%237

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

How far

How far Wellsville commutes

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

21%

18%

31%

21%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellsville is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellsville are

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

Jobs based in Wellsville

162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Wellsville residents hold

439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−35%

Jobs based in Wellsville, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 162. 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.