Photo: Jacobc24 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Viburnum
About one in ten work in Viburnum; the top destination outside it is Farmington (11%, 39 miles). 1% of workers work from home (Missouri 13%). Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Missouri 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Viburnum: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Viburnum than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Viburnum fell from 1,386 in 2013 to 334 in 2023, −76%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Viburnum’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Viburnum is Farmington, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (26) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 237 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Viburnum’s 334 jobs
334 jobs are based in Viburnum.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Viburnum, 2013 → 2023: 1,386 → 334. 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 Viburnum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Viburnum
About 35% 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 commutes out of Viburnum, and who commutes in
On a workday 218 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Viburnum on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).
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 Viburnum work
Where Viburnum clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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.
From Viburnum, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Viburnum workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 commuters (the 1% 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 Viburnum: questions
What is the median household income in Viburnum?
$41,250 (±$13,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Viburnum?
20.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Viburnum?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Viburnum work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (11%, 39 mi), Ironton (10%, 29 mi), Potosi (3%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Viburnum without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Viburnum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Viburnum
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.