With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Badger Township works elsewhere
23 jobs are based in Badger Township, and 143 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Badger Township itself; outside it, Nevada draws the most (26%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 37% of workers (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Badger Township by day and by night
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Badger Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Badger Township: the destinations
Where Badger Township clocks in
6% 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.
What Badger Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Badger Township, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 23. 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 Badger Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 14 minutes from Badger Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Badger Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 37% 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.
How far Badger Township’s workers travel
About 36% 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.
Badger Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Badger Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $61,083 |
| Walker Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Center Township | under 2% | C− | A− | 16 min | $49,962 |
| Virgil Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Dover Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walker Township, Virgil Township and Dover Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Badger Township’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 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 Badger Township: questions
What is the median household income in Badger Township?
$61,083 (±$8,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Badger Township?
9.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Badger Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Badger Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nevada (26%, 7 mi), El Dorado Springs (10%, 13 mi), Springfield (6%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Badger Township 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 Badger Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Badger Township
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.