Photo: dok1 / Don O'Brien · CC BY 2.0Most of Butterfield commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Butterfield has 23 jobs, and 121 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Butterfield itself; outside it, Cassville draws the most (14%, 5 miles). The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Butterfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 121 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Butterfield on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The towns that employ Butterfield’s residents
Where Butterfield clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Butterfield: what the 23 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butterfield, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 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 Butterfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Butterfield spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butterfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 157 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Butterfield commutes less than 12 miles
About 19% 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 Butterfield: questions
What is the median household income in Butterfield?
$54,375 (±$7,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Butterfield?
13.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butterfield?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butterfield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cassville (14%, 5 mi), Monett (11%, 12 mi), Springfield (5%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Butterfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Butterfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butterfield
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.