Photo: Public domain · Public domainCampbell has lower household incomes than 88% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Campbell is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). Poverty touches 30.7% of residents (Missouri 12.6%). 0% of workers have no commute at all; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Campbell, in a few figures
Many jobs in Campbell pay little
45% of the jobs based in Campbell pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Campbell’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Campbell is Poplar Bluff, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (79) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Campbell
48% of Campbell residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 18% of the jobs based in Campbell pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. 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; with 687 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Campbell
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Campbell’s grade.
Unemployment (8.4%) is left out: Campbell’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Campbell could be anywhere from D− to D.
In Campbell, services account for most jobs
560 jobs are based in Campbell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Campbell, 2013 → 2023: 727 → 560. 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 Campbell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Campbell commutes
About 24% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Campbell
On a workday 615 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 488 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 (0.82 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.
11% of working residents work in Poplar Bluff
Where Campbell clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Campbell’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Campbell workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 647 commuters (the <1% 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.
For most of Campbell, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 650 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). 7.5% of Campbell households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Campbell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Campbell and other U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,888 | Malone FL | 1,865 | $45K | 16.8% | 4.1% | 3% | D− |
| 5,889 | Scottville MI | 1,348 | $52K | 27.5% | 4.5% | 5% | D− |
| 5,890 | Campbell MO | 1,489 | $50K | 30.7% | 8.4% | 10% | D− |
| 5,891 | Hatch NM | 1,584 | $43K | 19.0% | 9.9% | 27% | D− |
| 5,892 | St. Johnsville NY | 1,706 | $47K | 27.7% | 7.0% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Campbell, 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 Campbell: questions
What is the median household income in Campbell?
$49,926 (±$15,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Campbell?
30.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Campbell?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Campbell work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poplar Bluff (11%, 26 mi), Malden (8%, 9 mi), Kennett (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Campbell walkable?
Campbell is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Campbell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Campbell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Campbell
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.