With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Arrow Point works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Arrow Point for work; outside it, Sedalia is the main destination (10%, 151 miles). 3 jobs are based in Arrow Point for 21 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Arrow Point
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 62 people are in Arrow Point on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Arrow Point: the destinations
Where Arrow Point clocks in
10% 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.
Arrow Point makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arrow Point, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 3. 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 Arrow Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Arrow Point
of Arrow Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 commuters (the 25% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Arrow Point
About 25% 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 Arrow Point: questions
What is the median household income in Arrow Point?
$38,750 (±$28,945) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arrow Point?
35.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Arrow Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sedalia (10%, 151 mi), Golden (10%, 2 mi), Shell Knob (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arrow Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arrow Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arrow Point
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.