Photo: SamuelNelsonGISP · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Bolckow commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Bolckow for work; outside it, St. Joseph is the main destination (44%, 25 miles). There are 7 jobs in Bolckow; 61 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Bolckow, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Bolckow on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The towns that employ Bolckow’s residents
Where Bolckow clocks in
44% of workers
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.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Bolckow
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bolckow, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 7. 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 Bolckow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bolckow workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 79 commuters (the 9% 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 Bolckow
About 30% 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 Bolckow: questions
What is the median household income in Bolckow?
$48,750 (±$34,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bolckow?
19.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bolckow?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bolckow work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Joseph (44%, 25 mi), Savannah (10%, 12 mi), Decatur (3%, 312 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bolckow 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 Bolckow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bolckow
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.