Jobs and the daily commute in Middle Grove
Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers, against 13% across Missouri. Hardly any work in Middle Grove; the top destination outside it is Moberly (24%, 9 miles). Middle Grove has 22 jobs, against 25 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Middle Grove
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Middle Grove’s working residents head each day
Where Middle Grove clocks in
24% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Middle Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middle Grove, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 22. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middle Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Middle Grove
of Middle Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 10% 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 Middle Grove goes to work
About 24% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Middle Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Middle Grove?
$55,357 (±$6,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middle Grove?
7.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Middle Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moberly (24%, 9 mi), Columbia (24%, 31 mi), Paris (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Middle Grove 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 Middle Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middle Grove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.