About half of Walnut Grove’s working residents commute to Springfield
The trip to work takes 38 minutes on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. Only 4% work in Walnut Grove itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (46%, 20 miles). 119 jobs are based in Walnut Grove for 224 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Walnut Grove apart on work
Nearly half of Walnut Grove works in Springfield
103 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Springfield, 21 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Walnut Grove itself. The commute map ↓
Walnut Grove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 224 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Walnut Grove’s working residents head each day
Where Walnut Grove clocks in
46% 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.
A commute of about 38 minutes in Walnut Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 16% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Walnut Grove
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Walnut Grove on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Walnut Grove’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Grove, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 119. 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 Walnut Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Walnut Grove works
About 18% 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 Walnut Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Grove?
$55,500 (±$7,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Grove?
9.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Grove?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Grove work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Walnut Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Grove
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.