Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Clarkton at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Missouri 13%). About one in ten work in Clarkton itself; outside it, Kennett draws the most (16%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Clarkton stands out on work
Clarkton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Clarkton workers work from home
Only 3% 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; with 347 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily trip from Clarkton: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarkton workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 295 commuters (the 3% 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.
Clarkton fills up on a workday
On a workday 313 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Clarkton on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 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.
Where Clarkton’s working residents head each day
Where Clarkton clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Clarkton
505 jobs are based in Clarkton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarkton, 2013 → 2023: 434 → 505. 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 Clarkton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Clarkton
About 23% 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.
Clarkton and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarkton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkton | – | — | — | 35 min | $46,333 |
| Freeborn Township | under 3% | D− | C | 31 min | $45,882 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarkton’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 Clarkton: questions
What is the median household income in Clarkton?
$46,333 (±$9,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarkton?
31.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarkton?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarkton work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kennett (16%, 15 mi), Malden (6%, 10 mi), Poplar Bluff (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clarkton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarkton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarkton
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.