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Jobs & commute in Diggins

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Diggins works elsewhere

There are 7 jobs in Diggins for 99 working residents. Hardly any work in Diggins itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (39%, 24 miles). 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri.

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

7 jobs based here
Household income
$77K
median · Missouri $71K
Poverty
7.1%
Missouri 12.6%
Unemployment
0.7%
Missouri 4.0% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
40 min
Missouri 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 99 working residents
Work from home
1%
Missouri 13% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How many people are in Diggins by day

On a workday 99 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

99live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night320
Workday230
320live here− 99head out to work+ 7come in to work= 230on a workday

About 230 people are in Diggins on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs 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

The places Diggins commutes to

Dardanelle: 1 residents work here (1%)Rogers: 1 residents work here (1%)DigginsStrafford: 2 residents work here (2%)Seymour: 4 residents work here (4%)Rogersville: 2 residents work here (2%)Marshfield: 5 residents work here (5%)FestusNixaOzark: 3 residents work here (3%)Lebanon: 3 residents work here (3%)Kansas City: 3 residents work here (3%)Springfield: 39 residents work here (39%)SpringfieldMarshfieldSeymourOzarkLebanonKansas CityDiggins
1
Springfield24.4 mi away
39%39
2
Marshfield12.2 mi away
5%5
3
Seymour4.8 mi away
4%4
4
Ozark22.5 mi away
3%3
5
Lebanon36 mi away
3%3
6
Kansas City163.5 mi away
3%3
7
Strafford16.2 mi away
2%2
8
Rogersville13 mi away
2%2
9
Dardanelle, AR135.7 mi away
1%1
10
Rogers, AR93.2 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%36
The top trips

Where Diggins clocks in

39% of workers
24.4 mi awaySpringfield39 Diggins residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
12.2 mi awayMarshfield5 Diggins residents work here · Jobs & commute →
4% of workers
4.8 mi awaySeymour4 Diggins residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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

The kinds of work in Diggins

Jobs based in DigginsJobs Diggins residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms14%27%
Trade, transport & utilities43%28%
Services: health, schools, offices43%44%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less43%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%34%
Over $3,333 a month14%56%

Who does it

29 or younger43%28%
30 to 5457%45%
55 and older0%26%
+133%

Jobs based in Diggins, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 7. 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 Diggins’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 40 minutes from Diggins

A year of commuting
303 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Diggins40 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
1%

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

About 0 in 10
How Diggins gets to work
92%Drive alone
4%Carpool
2%Walk
1%Other

Share of the 140 commuters (the 1% 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

How many miles Diggins commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSpringfield: 39% · 24.4 miMarshfield: 5% · 12.2 miSeymour: 4% · 4.8 miOzark: 3% · 22.5 miLebanon: 3% · 36 miKansas City: 3% · 163.5 miStrafford: 2% · 16.2 miRogersville: 2% · 13 miDardanelle: 1% · 135.7 miRogers: 1% · 93.2 miSpringfield 39%Marshfield 5%Seymour 4%Ozark 3%Lebanon 3%Diggins
DigginsTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi9 residents
56%10–24 mi55 residents
15%25–50 mi15 residents
20%Over 50 mi20 residents

About 20% 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

Diggins and its neighbors

The biggest share goes to Seymour (4%).

Seymour: 4% of workers work hereSeymourDiggins
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Seymour4% of Diggins works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownDiggins workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Diggins–——40 min$76,667
Seymour4%CB−31 min$51,591

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

Darker towns draw more of Diggins’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 Diggins: questions

What is the median household income in Diggins?

$76,667 (±$6,466) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Diggins?

7.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Diggins?

40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Diggins work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (39%, 24 mi), Marshfield (5%, 12 mi), Seymour (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Diggins 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 Diggins, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Diggins

Diggins home →
$640median rent
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40min commute
HandbookGetting around DigginsRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in MOShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.