With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Freistatt works elsewhere
For 6% of workers, the job is at home; Missouri has 13%. Freistatt has 21 jobs; 62 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Freistatt itself; outside it, Monett draws the most (27%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Freistatt for work, and who comes in
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Freistatt on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The places Freistatt commutes to
Where Freistatt clocks in
27% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
57% of the jobs in Freistatt make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Freistatt, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 21. 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 Freistatt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Freistatt’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Freistatt workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 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.
How many miles Freistatt commutes
About 15% 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 Freistatt: questions
What is the median household income in Freistatt?
$47,917 (±$40,348) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Freistatt?
10.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Freistatt?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Freistatt work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monett (27%, 7 mi), Springfield (11%, 35 mi), Joplin (10%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Freistatt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Freistatt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Freistatt
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.