With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of South Greenfield works elsewhere
Hardly any work in South Greenfield itself; outside it, Lockwood draws the most (13%, 7 miles). There are 5 jobs in South Greenfield; 45 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes South Greenfield
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 83 people are in South Greenfield on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places South Greenfield commutes to
Where South Greenfield clocks in
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.
South Greenfield works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from South Greenfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Greenfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39 commuters (the 0% 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.
South Greenfield’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 South Greenfield: questions
What is the median household income in South Greenfield?
$26,250 (±$24,985) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Greenfield?
55.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from South Greenfield?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in South Greenfield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lockwood (13%, 7 mi), Springfield (13%, 33 mi), Carthage (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around South Greenfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Greenfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Greenfield
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.