More than half of Rogersville’s working residents commute to Springfield
Rogersville grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Only 6% work in Rogersville; the top destination outside it is Springfield (54%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Rogersville in brief
More than half of Rogersville works in Springfield
854 working residents, 54%, have their main job in Springfield, 13 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Rogersville itself. The commute map ↓
Rogersville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rogersville went from 698 in 2013 to 958 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
Few Rogersville workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rogersville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rogersville is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #86 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Rogersville’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($70,485, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rogersville could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where Rogersville’s working residents head each day
Where Rogersville clocks in
54% 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.
What work there is in Rogersville: 958 jobs
958 jobs are based in Rogersville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rogersville, 2013 → 2023: 698 → 958. 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 Rogersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Rogersville: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rogersville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,658 commuters (the 4% 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 many people are in Rogersville by day
On a workday 1,492 residents head out to work, 97 work right here, and 861 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Rogersville on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rogersville
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.
Most of Rogersville commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rogersville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #189 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 2,779 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). 3.8% of Rogersville households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rogersville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,527 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800, Rogersville comes 1,598th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,596 | Swanzey NH | 7,461 | $82K | 7.8% | 3.1% | 10% | B |
| 1,597 | Candlewick Lake IL | 5,448 | $86K | 10.0% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,598 | Rogersville MO | 5,754 | $70K | 10.9% | 2.6% | 6% | B |
| 1,599 | Steilacoom WA | 6,648 | $101K | 11.1% | 6.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,600 | German Township IN | 7,491 | $81K | 6.0% | 5.9% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Rogersville, 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 Rogersville: questions
What is the median household income in Rogersville?
$70,485 (±$14,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rogersville?
10.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rogersville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rogersville work?
6% work in town.
Is Rogersville walkable?
Rogersville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rogersville 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 Rogersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rogersville
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.