Edgar Springs has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Employers in Edgar Springs report 19 jobs for 66 working residents. Only 2% work in Edgar Springs; the top destination outside it is Rolla (20%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Edgar Springs: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Edgar Springs 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Edgar Springs to work: where people go
Where Edgar Springs clocks in
20% 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 Edgar Springs: what the 19 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgar Springs, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 19. 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 Edgar Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgar Springs workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 6% 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 Edgar Springs
About 41% 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 Edgar Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Edgar Springs?
$51,771 (±$20,086) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgar Springs?
14.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgar Springs?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgar Springs work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rolla (20%, 18 mi), Licking (6%, 14 mi), Maryland Heights (5%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Edgar 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 Edgar Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgar 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.