Most of Cobalt commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average; Missouri averages 24, the U.S. 26. 1 jobs are based in Cobalt, and 93 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cobalt by day and by night
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Cobalt on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
27% of working residents work in Fredericktown
Where Cobalt clocks in
27% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cobalt, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 1. 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 Cobalt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cobalt: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cobalt workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Cobalt works
About 30% 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.
Bordering towns draw 27% of Cobalt’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cobalt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobalt | – | — | — | 16 min | $34,750 |
| Fredericktown | 27% | D | A− | 17 min | $49,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fredericktown. Darker towns draw more of Cobalt’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 Cobalt: questions
What is the median household income in Cobalt?
$34,750 (±$24,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cobalt?
38.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cobalt?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cobalt work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fredericktown (27%, 2 mi), Farmington (11%, 18 mi), Cape Girardeau (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cobalt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cobalt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cobalt
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.