Sargent Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. Sargent Township has 11 jobs, and 114 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Sargent Township for work; outside it, Cabool is the main destination (29%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Sargent Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Sargent Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Sargent Township ends
Where Sargent Township clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
In Sargent Township, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sargent Township, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 11. 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 Sargent Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes to work from Sargent Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sargent Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 123 commuters (the 12% 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.
Miles to work from Sargent Township
About 34% 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.
Next door to Sargent Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sargent Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sargent Township | – | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Cass Township | under 2% | D | B | 26 min | $37,434 |
| Burdine Township | under 2% | C− | C | 22 min | $40,121 |
| Pierce Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pierce Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sargent Township’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 Sargent Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sargent Township?
21.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sargent Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sargent Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cabool (29%, 7 mi), Mountain Grove (8%, 15 mi), Springfield (5%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sargent Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sargent Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sargent Township
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.