Photo: Guerreroast · CC BY 4.0New London has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 180 jobs in New London, and 413 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in New London for work; outside it, Hannibal is the main destination (40%, 9 miles). 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in New London: the gist
40% of New London works in Hannibal
165 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Hannibal, 8.6 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in New London itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few New London workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 413 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from New London ends
Where New London clocks in
40% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
The commute from New London, by distance
About 30% 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.
From New London, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New London workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 443 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who commutes out of New London, and who commutes in
On a workday 402 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in New London on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What New London’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New London, 2014 → 2024: 179 → 180. 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 New London’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 New London: questions
What is the median household income in New London?
$63,021 (±$15,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New London?
20.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New London?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New London work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hannibal (40%, 9 mi), Quincy (6%, 24 mi), Jefferson City (3%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New London without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New London, from the people who make the trip.
More of New London
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.