Halltown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%). Halltown has 8 jobs for 45 working residents. Hardly any stay in Halltown for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (33%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Halltown for work, and who comes in
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 68 people are in Halltown on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Halltown work
Where Halltown clocks in
33% of workers
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 88% of Halltown’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halltown, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 8. 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 Halltown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Halltown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Halltown workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Halltown to work
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 Halltown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Halltown?
45.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Halltown?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Halltown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (33%, 18 mi), Miller (9%, 12 mi), Pierce City (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Halltown 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 Halltown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halltown
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.