Branson West has 4.5 jobs for every working resident: 1,001 people commute in to work
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. There are 1,007 jobs in Branson West for 226 working residents. Only 3% work in Branson West itself; outside it, Branson draws the most (20%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Branson West
Branson West fills up on a workday
Branson West has 1,007 jobs, 4.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,300 people are in town, more than double the 490 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Branson West have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Branson West went from 459 in 2013 to 1,007 in 2023, +119%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
49% of the jobs in Branson West are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Who leaves Branson West for work, and who comes in
On a workday 220 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Branson West on a workday afternoon, 161% more 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.
What Branson West’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Branson West, 2013 → 2023: 459 → 1,007. 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 Branson West’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Branson West live
Where Branson West clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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.
About 16 minutes each way for Branson West’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Branson West workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 205 commuters (the 5% 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 Branson West
About 21% 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 Branson West: questions
What is the median household income in Branson West?
$52,656 (±$28,998) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Branson West?
23.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Branson West?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Branson West work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Branson (20%, 7 mi), Springfield (12%, 35 mi), Kimberling City (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Branson West without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Branson West, from the people who make the trip.
More of Branson West
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.