Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Deering
Deering has 26 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Hardly any work in Deering itself; outside it, Caruthersville draws the most (12%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Deering quiets down on a workday
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Deering on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Deering’s working residents head each day
Where Deering clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 Deering
of Deering workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 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.
Miles to work from Deering
About 26% 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.
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 Deering: questions
What is the median household income in Deering?
$65,227 (±$13,629) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deering?
4.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Deering work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caruthersville (12%, 12 mi), Cape Girardeau (8%, 79 mi), Dyersburg (8%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deering 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 Deering, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deering
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.