Photo: Eric Swanger · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Avilla, and the trip to work
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Hardly any work in Avilla itself; outside it, Carthage draws the most (28%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Avilla
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Avilla on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.6 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Avilla
Where Avilla clocks in
28% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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.
In Avilla, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
65 jobs are based in Avilla.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avilla, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 65. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avilla’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Avilla
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avilla workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Avilla
About 15% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Avilla: questions
What is the poverty rate in Avilla?
7.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avilla?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avilla work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carthage (28%, 11 mi), Joplin (13%, 22 mi), Kansas City (5%, 135 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Avilla without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avilla, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avilla
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.