Photo: Stl66dmk · CC BY-SA 3.0Westphalia has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 308 people commute in to work
About one in ten work in Westphalia itself; outside it, Jefferson City draws the most (42%, 13 miles). Employers in Westphalia report 325 jobs for 180 working residents. 3% of workers work from home (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Westphalia
On a workday 163 residents head out to work and 17 work right here.
About 550 people are in Westphalia on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where Westphalia’s workers come from
Where Westphalia clocks in
42% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 Westphalia’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westphalia, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 325. 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 Westphalia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Westphalia, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westphalia workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 3% 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.
Half of Westphalia commutes less than 13 miles
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 Westphalia: questions
What is the median household income in Westphalia?
$61,136 (±$2,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westphalia?
4.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westphalia?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westphalia work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson City (42%, 13 mi), Linn (5%, 9 mi), Columbia (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Westphalia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westphalia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westphalia
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.