Emerald Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Emerald Beach report 16 jobs for 61 working residents. Hardly any work in Emerald Beach; the top destination outside it is Springfield (10%, 48 miles). The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Emerald Beach, and who commutes in
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Emerald Beach on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 people from Emerald Beach work
Where Emerald Beach clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
In Emerald Beach, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emerald Beach, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 16. 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 Emerald Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Emerald Beach: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emerald Beach workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 17% 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 Emerald Beach commutes
About 21% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 14% of Emerald Beach workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 26% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Emerald Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Emerald Beach?
$45,781 (±$7,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emerald Beach?
14.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emerald Beach?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emerald Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (10%, 48 mi), Berryville (8%, 15 mi), Fayetteville (8%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Emerald Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emerald Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emerald Beach
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.