Climax Springs has 3.4 jobs for every working resident: 104 people commute in to work
There are 105 jobs in Climax Springs, against 31 working residents. Only 3% work in Climax Springs; the top destination outside it is Village of Four Seasons (6%, 20 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Climax Springs for work, and who comes in
On a workday 30 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 81 people are in Climax Springs on a workday afternoon, 1057% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Climax Springs, and from where
Where Climax Springs clocks in
6% 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.
What Climax Springs’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Climax Springs, 2014 → 2024: 81 → 105. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Climax Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Climax Springs
of Climax Springs workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 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 many miles Climax Springs commutes
About 39% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Climax Springs: questions
What is the poverty rate in Climax Springs?
14.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Climax Springs work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Village of Four Seasons (6%, 20 mi), Bolivar (6%, 40 mi), Licking (3%, 77 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Climax Springs 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 Climax Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Climax Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.