Commerce City Hall · Photo: Larry Braun · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Commerce
9% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Hardly any work in Commerce itself; outside it, Sikeston draws the most (26%, 20 miles). Commerce has 23 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Commerce: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19 people are in Commerce on a workday afternoon, 55% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Commerce goes to work
Where Commerce clocks in
26% 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.
Working from home in Commerce
of Commerce workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Commerce to work
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 Commerce: questions
What is the poverty rate in Commerce?
18.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Commerce work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sikeston (26%, 20 mi), Cape Girardeau (22%, 12 mi), Benton (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Commerce without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Commerce, from the people who make the trip.
More of Commerce
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.