Photo: The original uploader was Americasroof at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Cameron have lower incomes than those in 71% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Cameron; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (13%, 46 miles). Poverty touches 15.7% of residents, where Missouri as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Cameron C−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Cameron
Cameron’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cameron is Kansas City, 46 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (402) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Cameron trades workers with the towns around it
Cameron has about as many jobs (2,865) as working residents (3,104), but they are mostly different people: 2,313 residents leave for work each day while 2,074 people come in. Only 28% of the jobs in Cameron are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Cameron than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cameron fell from 4,047 in 2013 to 2,865 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Cameron: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cameron is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #178 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cameron’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cameron could be anywhere from D to B−.
Half of Cameron commutes less than 34 miles
About 26% 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.
Cameron by day and by night
On a workday 2,313 residents head out to work, 791 work right here, and 2,074 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 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.
What Cameron’s employers do
2,865 jobs are based in Cameron.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cameron, 2013 → 2023: 4,047 → 2,865. 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 Cameron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Cameron ends
Where Cameron clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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.
How long Cameron spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cameron workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,723 commuters (the 7% 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.
Cameron is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cameron is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #139 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,939 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). 5.6% of Cameron households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cameron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,154 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900, Cameron comes 2,640th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,638 | Country Club Estates GA | 8,780 | $53K | 29.7% | 3.9% | 1% | C− |
| 2,639 | Woodfield SC | 9,465 | $46K | 19.8% | 8.0% | 4% | C− |
| 2,640 | Cameron MO | 7,341 | $62K | 15.7% | 5.4% | 25% | C− |
| 2,641 | East Stroudsburg PA | 9,438 | $60K | 15.0% | 8.3% | 11% | C− |
| 2,642 | Huntingburg IN | 6,522 | $54K | 16.0% | 5.4% | 23% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Cameron, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Cameron
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cameron workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron | – | C− | B | 22 min | $61,791 |
| Kidder Township | under 2% | C | D− | 27 min | $72,532 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cameron’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Cameron: questions
What is the median household income in Cameron?
$61,791 (±$8,246) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cameron?
15.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cameron?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cameron work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (13%, 46 mi), St. Joseph (12%, 31 mi), Liberty (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cameron walkable?
Cameron is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cameron without a car?
<1% 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 Cameron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cameron
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.