Photo: Cvanlue25 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Monett earn less than those in 89% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Monett itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (11%, 40 miles). Poverty touches 15.2% of residents, against 12.6% across Missouri. Monett grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Monett
Monett’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Monett is Springfield, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (503) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Monett is where the jobs are
Monett has 7,607 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Monett makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Monett are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Monett residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Monett are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
Monett draws workers from far and wide
The 7,607 jobs in Monett are filled from a wide area. Monett’s own residents hold 23% and the ten next-biggest home towns 20%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Monett’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monett is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #163 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Monett’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($49,390, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monett could be anywhere from D to B−.
Monett’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Monett on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,808 residents head out to work, 1,758 work right here, and 5,849 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Monett on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 41% of Monett’s jobs are in goods
7,607 jobs are based in Monett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monett, 2013 → 2023: 7,201 → 7,607. 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 Monett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Monett: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monett workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,117 commuters (the 7% 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 daily trip into Monett
Where Monett clocks in
11% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Getting around Monett: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monett is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #146 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,437 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of Monett households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Monett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Monett is 2,302nd of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,300 | Monmouth OR | 11,543 | $69K | 16.1% | 7.1% | 11% | C |
| 2,301 | Timberlane LA | 10,886 | $66K | 25.1% | 11.2% | 2% | C |
| 2,302 | Monett MO | 10,248 | $49K | 15.2% | 3.9% | 39% | C |
| 2,303 | Gettysburg PA | 8,365 | $54K | 14.1% | 5.7% | 20% | C |
| 2,304 | College Place WA | 9,923 | $62K | 11.3% | 6.4% | 13% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Monett, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Monett: questions
What is the median household income in Monett?
$49,390 (±$10,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monett?
15.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monett?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monett work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (11%, 40 mi), Joplin (3%, 33 mi), Carthage (2%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monett walkable?
Monett is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monett without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monett
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.