Most of Carytown commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Carytown itself; outside it, Joplin draws the most (31%, 16 miles). Employers in Carytown report 11 jobs for 105 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes (Missouri 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Carytown quiets down on a workday
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Carytown on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Carytown’s working residents head each day
Where Carytown clocks in
31% of workers
22% 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.
What Carytown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carytown, 2013 → 2023: 292 → 11. 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 Carytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Carytown: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carytown workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 149 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Carytown
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 Carytown: questions
What is the median household income in Carytown?
$78,500 (±$32,669) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carytown?
16.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carytown?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carytown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joplin (31%, 16 mi), Carthage (22%, 8 mi), Webb City (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carytown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carytown
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.