Jobs and earnings in Pilot Grove, and the trip to work
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Missouri 13%). Only 4% work in Pilot Grove; the top destination outside it is Columbia (23%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pilot Grove
Near or far: the trip to work from Pilot Grove
About 22% 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.
Who works in Pilot Grove, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Pilot Grove on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
Where Pilot Grove goes to work
Where Pilot Grove clocks in
23% of workers
13% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
185 jobs are based in Pilot Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pilot Grove, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 185. 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 Pilot Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Pilot Grove: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pilot Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 351 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 Pilot Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Pilot Grove?
$73,977 (±$15,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pilot Grove?
7.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pilot Grove?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pilot Grove work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (23%, 32 mi), Boonville (13%, 11 mi), Sedalia (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pilot Grove without a car?
0% 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 Pilot Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pilot Grove
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.