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Jobs & commute in Boone Township

Most of Boone Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

Only 2% stay in Boone Township for work; outside it, Licking is the main destination (14%, 9 miles). 4 jobs are based in Boone Township; 109 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Boone Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 107 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

107live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night390
Workday290
390live here− 110head out to work+ 2come in to work= 290on a workday

About 290 people are in Boone Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Boone Township’s working residents head each day

Licking: 15 residents work here (14%)Houston: 10 residents work here (9%)Overland: 2 residents work here (2%)Waynesville: 7 residents work here (6%)St. Robert: 4 residents work here (4%)Rolla: 8 residents work here (7%)Lebanon: 13 residents work here (12%)Jefferson City: 3 residents work here (3%)Springfield: 5 residents work here (5%)KnoxvilleSherrill TownshipLynch TownshipRoubidoux TownshipBoone TownshipFort Leonard Wood: 5 residents work here (5%)LickingLebanonHoustonRollaWaynesvilleSpringfieldBoone Township
1
Licking8.6 mi away
14%15
2
Lebanon36.9 mi away
12%13
3
Houston16.5 mi away
9%10
4
Rolla29.8 mi away
7%8
5
Waynesville21.7 mi away
6%7
6
Springfield75.3 mi away
5%5
7
Fort Leonard Wood15.4 mi away
5%5
8
St. Robert20.7 mi away
4%4
9
Jefferson City70.4 mi away
3%3
10
Overland118.5 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%37
The top trips

Where Boone Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Boone Township is a services town

Jobs based in Boone TownshipJobs Boone Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%13%
Trade, transport & utilities0%27%
Services: health, schools, offices100%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%42%
Over $3,333 a month0%40%

Who does it

29 or younger0%19%
30 to 54100%59%
55 and older0%22%
+300%

Jobs based in Boone Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 4. 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 Boone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Boone Township: about 32 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
246 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Boone Township32 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Boone Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Boone Township gets to work
53%Drive alone
27%Carpool
20%Other

Share of the 242 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Boone Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLicking: 14% · 8.6 miLebanon: 12% · 36.9 miHouston: 9% · 16.5 miRolla: 7% · 29.8 miWaynesville: 6% · 21.7 miSpringfield: 5% · 75.3 miFort Leonard Wood: 5% · 15.4 miSt. Robert: 4% · 20.7 miJefferson City: 3% · 70.4 miOverland: 2% · 118.5 miLicking 14%Lebanon 12%Houston 9%Rolla 7%Waynesville 6%Boone Township
Boone TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
16%Under 10 mi17 residents
31%10–24 mi34 residents
23%25–50 mi25 residents
30%Over 50 mi33 residents

About 30% 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.

Next door

Boone Township and the towns next door

Roubidoux Township: few work hereSherrill Township: few work hereLynch Township: few work hereRoubidoux TownshipSherrill TownshipLynch TownshipBoone Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Lynch Township27 min
Sherrill Township28 min
Boone Township32 min
Roubidoux Township33 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBoone Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Boone Township–——32 min$38,125
Roubidoux Townshipunder 2%DD−33 min$63,717
Sherrill Townshipunder 2%D−B−28 min$46,987
Lynch Townshipunder 2%D−D−27 min$38,068

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Boone Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Boone Township: questions

What is the median household income in Boone Township?

$38,125 (±$33,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Boone Township?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Boone Township?

32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Boone Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Licking (14%, 9 mi), Lebanon (12%, 37 mi), Houston (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Boone Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Boone Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Boone Township

Boone Township home →

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.