Hargrove Pivot Bridge · Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Broseley has 2.8 jobs per working resident, and 143 people come in to work
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Broseley has 146 jobs, against 52 working residents. Only 6% stay in Broseley for work; outside it, Poplar Bluff is the main destination (29%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Broseley on a workday
On a workday 49 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 160 people are in Broseley on a workday afternoon, 145% 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 the people who work in Broseley live
Where Broseley clocks in
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broseley, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 146. 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 Broseley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Broseley
of Broseley workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 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.
How far Broseley goes to work
About 27% 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 Broseley: questions
What is the median household income in Broseley?
$48,173 (±$25,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broseley?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Broseley work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poplar Bluff (29%, 11 mi), St. Louis (8%, 135 mi), Qulin (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Broseley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Broseley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broseley
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.