Photo: Jena Fuller from Columbia, MO, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Bunceton commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Missouri 13%). Bunceton has 51 jobs; 132 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bunceton; the top destination outside it is Columbia (18%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bunceton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Bunceton on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where Bunceton’s working residents head each day
Where Bunceton clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bunceton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bunceton, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 51. 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 Bunceton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Bunceton: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bunceton workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 commuters (the 3% 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.
Miles to work from Bunceton
About 23% 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 Bunceton: questions
What is the median household income in Bunceton?
$43,500 (±$18,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bunceton?
12.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bunceton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bunceton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (18%, 28 mi), Sedalia (11%, 24 mi), Boonville (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bunceton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bunceton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bunceton
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.