Photo: Costaricky · CC BY-SA 3.0Seligman has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Seligman has 89 jobs; 250 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Seligman for work; outside it, Rogers is the main destination (9%, 18 miles). 2% of workers have no commute at all; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Seligman in brief
Seligman workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Seligman 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 34 minutes each way for Seligman’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seligman workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 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 Seligman, and who commutes in
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Seligman on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 people from Seligman work
Where Seligman clocks in
9% 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.
What Seligman’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seligman, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 89. 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 Seligman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Seligman’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
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 Seligman: questions
What is the median household income in Seligman?
$47,798 (±$7,676) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seligman?
25.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seligman?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seligman work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rogers (9%, 18 mi), Bentonville (7%, 20 mi), Cassville (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Seligman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seligman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seligman
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.