Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO · CC BY 2.0Camdenton has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 3,075 people commute in to work
Employers in Camdenton report 3,363 jobs, against 1,543 working residents. The two grades for Camdenton are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Camdenton is behind 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Camdenton
Camdenton is where the jobs are
Camdenton has 3,363 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,900 people are in town, 45% more than the 4,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Camdenton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Camdenton went from 2,171 in 2013 to 3,363 in 2023, +55%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Camdenton are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Camdenton workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Camdenton’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Camdenton workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Camdenton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Camdenton is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #179 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Camdenton’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($54,375, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Camdenton could be anywhere from D to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Camdenton
On a workday 1,255 residents head out to work and 288 work right here.
About 5,900 people are in Camdenton on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
What Camdenton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camdenton, 2013 → 2023: 2,171 → 3,363. 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 Camdenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Camdenton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camdenton workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,811 commuters (the 4% 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 Camdenton’s workforce comes from
Where Camdenton clocks in
17% of workers
5% 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.
Camdenton’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Camdenton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,877 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Camdenton households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Camdenton’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,447th of 4,283: where Camdenton ranks among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 189 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 245 | Weldon Spring MO | 5,301 | $159K | 0.7% | 4.2% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,445 | Green Township OH | 3,185 | $62K | 17.7% | 4.6% | 10% | C− |
| 3,446 | West Mahanoy Township PA | 2,909 | $85K | 20.7% | 11.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,447 | Camdenton MO | 4,050 | $54K | 15.3% | 4.0% | 19% | C− |
| 3,448 | Bishopville SC | 2,829 | $39K | 29.9% | 3.1% | 14% | C− |
| 3,449 | Grand Saline TX | 3,319 | $50K | 18.7% | 3.8% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Camdenton, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Camdenton: questions
What is the median household income in Camdenton?
$54,375 (±$11,080) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camdenton?
15.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camdenton?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camdenton work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osage Beach (17%, 10 mi), Jefferson City (5%, 49 mi), Springfield (4%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camdenton walkable?
Camdenton is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camdenton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camdenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camdenton
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.