Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Vienna draws 472 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Missouri 13%). Employers in Vienna report 514 jobs, and 258 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven stay in Vienna for work; outside it, Jefferson City is the main destination (26%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Vienna, in a few figures
Vienna’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Vienna is Jefferson City, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (66) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Vienna is where the jobs are
Vienna has 514 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 830 people are in town, 45% more than the 570 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Vienna workers work from home
Only 0% 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 258 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Vienna commutes less than 29 miles
About 26% 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.
Vienna on a workday afternoon
On a workday 216 residents head out to work and 42 work right here.
About 830 people are in Vienna on a workday afternoon, 45% more 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.
Commuting from Vienna: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vienna workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 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.
Where Vienna’s workers come from
Where Vienna clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Vienna: what the 514 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vienna, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 514. 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 Vienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Vienna: questions
What is the median household income in Vienna?
$38,221 (±$2,607) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vienna?
26.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vienna?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vienna work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson City (26%, 29 mi), Rolla (5%, 20 mi), Springfield (2%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vienna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vienna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vienna
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.