Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO · CC BY 2.0Desloge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
1,100 jobs are based in Desloge, and 1,968 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Desloge C; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 5% stay in Desloge for work; outside it, Farmington is the main destination (22%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Desloge at work: what stands out
The better-paid jobs are outside Desloge
47% of Desloge residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 20% of the jobs based in Desloge pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Desloge are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Desloge are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Desloge pay little
27% of the jobs based in Desloge pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 37% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Desloge’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Desloge is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #140 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Desloge’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Desloge could be anywhere from D to B+.
What Desloge’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Desloge, 2013 → 2023: 1,147 → 1,100. 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 Desloge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Desloge, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Desloge workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,067 commuters (the 11% 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.
Desloge on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,868 residents head out to work, 100 work right here, and 1,000 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Desloge on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 people from Desloge work
Where Desloge clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The commute from Desloge, by distance
About 28% 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.
The commute in Desloge is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Desloge is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #71 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,313 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Desloge households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Desloge’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Desloge is 2,604th of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,602 | Fort Kent ME | 4,151 | $56K | 11.2% | 2.0% | 57% | C |
| 2,603 | Lakeview GA | 4,723 | $61K | 13.1% | 4.3% | <1% | C |
| 2,604 | Desloge MO | 4,819 | $61K | 15.7% | 3.5% | 5% | C |
| 2,605 | Mussey Township MI | 4,177 | $66K | 5.9% | 7.8% | 5% | C |
| 2,606 | Armagh Township PA | 4,088 | $74K | 21.2% | 2.8% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Desloge, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Desloge
The biggest share goes to Park Hills (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Desloge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desloge | – | C | B+ | 19 min | $60,820 |
| Park Hills | 7% | C− | B+ | 27 min | $52,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Desloge’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 Desloge: questions
What is the median household income in Desloge?
$60,820 (±$14,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Desloge?
15.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Desloge?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Desloge work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (22%, 8 mi), Park Hills (7%, 4 mi), Bonne Terre (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Desloge walkable?
Desloge is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Desloge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Desloge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Desloge
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.