There are 1.8 jobs in Airport Drive for every working resident, and 583 people commute in
A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. Airport Drive has 589 jobs, and 329 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Airport Drive; the top destination outside it is Joplin (43%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Airport Drive
Much of Airport Drive works one town over
47% of working residents work in a town that borders Airport Drive: Joplin (43%) and Carl Junction (4%). Next door ↓
Airport Drive is where the jobs are
Airport Drive has 589 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most Airport Drive residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 329 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Airport Drive
On a workday 323 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Airport Drive on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Airport Drive to work
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily trip into Airport Drive
Where Airport Drive clocks in
43% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Airport Drive
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Airport Drive, 2014 → 2024: 285 → 589. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Airport Drive’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Airport Drive
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Airport Drive workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 485 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Bordering towns draw 47% of Airport Drive’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Airport Drive workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Drive | – | — | — | 15 min | $69,063 |
| Carl Junction | 4% | B+ | C | 23 min | $82,879 |
| Joplin | 43% | C | A− | 18 min | $52,097 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Joplin. Darker towns draw more of Airport Drive’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Airport Drive: questions
What is the median household income in Airport Drive?
$69,063 (±$28,961) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Airport Drive?
10.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Airport Drive?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Airport Drive work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joplin (43%, 5 mi), Webb City (7%, 3 mi), Carl Junction (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Airport Drive without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Airport Drive, from the people who make the trip.
More of Airport Drive
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.