McCord Bend has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%). McCord Bend has 2 jobs, and 75 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in McCord Bend for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (15%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
McCord Bend on a workday afternoon
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in McCord Bend on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Out of McCord Bend to work: where people go
Where McCord Bend clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in McCord Bend
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 McCord Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 42 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCord Bend workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 4% 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 far McCord Bend goes to work
About 29% 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 McCord Bend: questions
What is the median household income in McCord Bend?
$36,250 (±$13,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCord Bend?
18.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCord Bend?
42 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCord Bend work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (15%, 30 mi), Branson (11%, 16 mi), Galena (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McCord Bend 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 McCord Bend, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCord Bend
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.