Work & commute · Willow Springs

Work & commute in Willow Springs, MO

About one in 5 of Willow Springs’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are West Plains (17%), Springfield (7%) and Cabool (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

138 of 701 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 563 Willow Springs residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 1,050 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willow Springs.

563live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

1,050work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willow Springs goes to work

Willow Springs (in town)right here

20%138

West Plains18 mi away

17%118

Springfield74.7 mi away

7%51

Cabool12.4 mi away

4%25

Mountain View14.3 mi away

2%17

Mountain Grove19.7 mi away

2%16

Jefferson City109.8 mi away

2%12

Mansfield35.2 mi away

2%11

Rolla67.2 mi away

1%8

Lebanon60.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%297

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

How far

How far Willow Springs commutes

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

30%

32%

30%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willow Springs is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willow Springs are

1,188 jobs are based in Willow Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willow Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willow Springs

1,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Willow Springs residents hold

701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+11%

Jobs based in Willow Springs, 2013 → 2023: 1,070 → 1,188. 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.