With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Blodgett works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Blodgett itself; outside it, Sikeston draws the most (44%, 9 miles). Employers in Blodgett report 30 jobs for 79 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Blodgett on a workday
On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Blodgett on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Blodgett: the destinations
Where Blodgett clocks in
44% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Blodgett: what the 30 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blodgett, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 30. 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 Blodgett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Blodgett
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blodgett workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 79 commuters (the 5% 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 in the region Blodgett works
About 19% 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 Blodgett: questions
What is the poverty rate in Blodgett?
20.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blodgett?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blodgett work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sikeston (44%, 9 mi), Cape Girardeau (6%, 21 mi), Miner (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blodgett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blodgett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blodgett
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.