Work & commute · West Sullivan

Work & commute in West Sullivan, MO

Most working residents leave West Sullivan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sullivan (19%), Bourbon (12%) and Cuba (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 110 West Sullivan residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Sullivan.

110live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Sullivan goes to work

Sullivan2.1 mi away

19%21

Bourbon4.2 mi away

12%13

Cuba14.5 mi away

4%4

Washington26.6 mi away

4%4

St. James26.4 mi away

3%3

Pacific31.1 mi away

3%3

Union20 mi away

3%3

Farmington50.3 mi away

3%3

Maryland Heights53.2 mi away

3%3

Salem42.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%52

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

How far

How far West Sullivan commutes

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

36%

12%

29%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Sullivan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Sullivan are

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

Jobs based in West Sullivan

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities79%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs West Sullivan residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in West Sullivan, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 104. 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.