Most of Dawn commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Dawn has 7 jobs, against 39 working residents. Hardly any work in Dawn; the top destination outside it is Chillicothe (44%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Dawn on a workday
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 79 people are in Dawn on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Dawn’s working residents head each day
Where Dawn clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
57% of the jobs in Dawn make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dawn, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 7. 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 Dawn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Dawn spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dawn workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 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.
How many miles Dawn commutes
About 46% 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.
Dawn and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dawn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn | – | — | — | 34 min | $55,917 |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Monroe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dawn’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 Dawn: questions
What is the median household income in Dawn?
$55,917 (±$11,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dawn?
18.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dawn?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dawn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (44%, 10 mi), St. Joseph (5%, 63 mi), Kansas City (5%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dawn 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 Dawn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dawn
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.