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Jobs & commute in Curryville

Most of Curryville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. 5 jobs are based in Curryville, against 61 working residents. Only 2% stay in Curryville for work; outside it, Bowling Green is the main destination (23%, 7 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Curryville

On a workday 60 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

60live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday150
200live here− 60head out to work+ 4come in to work= 150on a workday

About 150 people are in Curryville on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Curryville’s residents

East St. Louis: 1 residents work here (2%)Silex: 1 residents work here (2%)CurryvilleVandiver: 1 residents work here (2%)Middletown: 1 residents work here (2%)BuncetonParis: 1 residents work here (2%)Eolia: 1 residents work here (2%)La GrangeBowling Green: 14 residents work here (23%)MexicoWentzville: 2 residents work here (3%)St. Louis: 2 residents work here (3%)Bowling GreenWentzvilleSt. LouisEast St. LouisSilexVandiverCurryville
1
Bowling Green7.4 mi away
23%14
2
Wentzville44.6 mi away
3%2
3
St. Louis76.7 mi away
3%2
4
East St. Louis, IL82.3 mi away
2%1
5
Silex21.5 mi away
2%1
6
Curryville (in town)right here
2%1
7
Vandiver29.9 mi away
2%1
8
Middletown15.5 mi away
2%1
9
Paris36.8 mi away
2%1
10
Eolia19.1 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%36
The top trips

Where Curryville clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Curryville

Jobs based in CurryvilleJobs Curryville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%21%
Trade, transport & utilities0%30%
Services: health, schools, offices100%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less40%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%38%
Over $3,333 a month20%39%

Who does it

29 or younger20%28%
30 to 5440%46%
55 and older40%26%
−69%

Jobs based in Curryville, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 5. 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 Curryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 20 minutes each way for Curryville’s commuters

A year of commuting
152 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Curryville20 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Curryville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Curryville gets to work
95%Drive alone
5%Carpool

Share of the 65 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.

How far

How far Curryville’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBowling Green: 23% · 7.4 miWentzville: 3% · 44.6 miSt. Louis: 3% · 76.7 miEast St. Louis: 2% · 82.3 miSilex: 2% · 21.5 miVandiver: 2% · 29.9 miMiddletown: 2% · 15.5 miParis: 2% · 36.8 miEolia: 2% · 19.1 miBowling Green 23%Wentzville 3%Silex 2%Curryville
CurryvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi20 residents
15%10–24 mi9 residents
23%25–50 mi14 residents
30%Over 50 mi18 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Curryville: questions

What is the median household income in Curryville?

$50,000 (±$15,635) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Curryville?

8.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Curryville?

20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Curryville work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowling Green (23%, 7 mi), Wentzville (3%, 45 mi), St. Louis (3%, 77 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Curryville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Curryville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Curryville

Curryville home →

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.