Flemington has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Flemington itself; outside it, Bolivar draws the most (26%, 15 miles). Employers in Flemington report 7 jobs, against 43 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Flemington on a workday
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 79 people are in Flemington on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Flemington goes to work
Where Flemington clocks in
26% of workers
16% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Flemington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flemington, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 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 Flemington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Flemington takes about 79 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 25.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flemington workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 5% 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.
Flemington’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 Flemington: questions
What is the median household income in Flemington?
$31,563 (±$11,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flemington?
19.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flemington?
79 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flemington work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bolivar (26%, 15 mi), Springfield (16%, 44 mi), Humansville (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flemington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flemington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flemington
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.