Bent Tree Harbor has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. 18 jobs are based in Bent Tree Harbor, against 99 working residents. Only 3% stay in Bent Tree Harbor for work; outside it, Clinton is the main destination (10%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bent Tree Harbor by day and by night
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Bent Tree Harbor on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Out of Bent Tree Harbor to work: where people go
Where Bent Tree Harbor clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bent Tree Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 18. 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 Bent Tree Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bent Tree Harbor
of Bent Tree Harbor workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bent Tree Harbor
About 45% 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 Bent Tree Harbor: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bent Tree Harbor?
29.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bent Tree Harbor work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (10%, 17 mi), Warsaw (8%, 7 mi), Sedalia (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bent Tree Harbor 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 Bent Tree Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bent Tree Harbor
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.