Work means Springfield for more than half of Nixa’s working residents
For jobs and income Nixa is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). About one in ten stay in Nixa for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (54%, 10 miles). At 23 minutes each way, commutes from Nixa run about the Missouri average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Nixa, in brief
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Nixa
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Nixa’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nixa could be anywhere from B to A.
The places Nixa commutes to
Where Nixa clocks in
54% 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.
Nixa on a workday afternoon
On a workday 9,304 residents head out to work, 1,165 work right here, and 4,797 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Nixa on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
What work there is in Nixa: 5,962 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nixa, 2013 → 2023: 4,581 → 5,962. 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 Nixa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Nixa: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nixa workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,454 commuters (the 11% 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.
Nixa’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.
In Nixa, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,700 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). 4.3% of Nixa households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nixa’s commuters take a bus or train.
673rd of 1,477: where Nixa ranks among U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Wildwood MO | 34,955 | $161K | 2.2% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Ballwin MO | 30,901 | $125K | 4.8% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Kirkwood MO | 29,331 | $121K | 5.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 671 | Arbutus MD | 22,507 | $99K | 14.0% | 3.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 672 | Warwick NY | 31,685 | $119K | 7.9% | 3.8% | 21% | B+ |
| 673 | Nixa MO | 26,597 | $83K | 7.1% | 3.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 674 | Clemmons NC | 22,808 | $88K | 6.5% | 4.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 675 | South Euclid OH | 21,248 | $81K | 6.5% | 4.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Nixa, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Nixa and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ozark (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Nixa’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Nixa: questions
What is the median household income in Nixa?
$83,385 (±$4,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nixa?
7.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nixa?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nixa work?
11% work in town.
Is Nixa walkable?
Nixa is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nixa 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 Nixa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nixa
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.