Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Chamois has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers (Missouri 13%). Employers in Chamois report 71 jobs; 171 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Chamois itself; outside it, Jefferson City draws the most (33%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chamois on a workday afternoon
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Chamois on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Out of Chamois to work: where people go
Where Chamois clocks in
33% of workers
9% 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.
Most jobs in Chamois are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chamois, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 71. 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 Chamois’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 38 minutes to work from Chamois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chamois workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 2% 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.
Miles to work from Chamois
About 22% 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 Chamois: questions
What is the median household income in Chamois?
$39,833 (±$14,165) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chamois?
26.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chamois?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chamois work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson City (33%, 23 mi), Linn (9%, 14 mi), Columbia (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chamois without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chamois, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chamois
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.