George Caleb Bingham House · Photo: Piaget-van Ravenswaay · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Arrow Rock
Arrow Rock has 32 jobs, and 24 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%). Hardly any work in Arrow Rock itself; outside it, Marshall draws the most (21%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Arrow Rock: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65 people are in Arrow Rock on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 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 Arrow Rock’s working residents head each day
Where Arrow Rock clocks in
21% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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 Rock is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arrow Rock, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 32. 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 Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Arrow Rock
of Arrow Rock workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Arrow Rock
About 33% 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 Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Arrow Rock?
$35,469 (±$6,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arrow Rock?
3.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Arrow Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (21%, 14 mi), Boonville (13%, 13 mi), Kansas City (8%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arrow Rock 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 Arrow Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arrow Rock
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.