Most of Doolittle commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Doolittle; the top destination outside it is Rolla (38%, 7 miles). Doolittle has 69 jobs; 193 of its residents have a job. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Doolittle by day and by night
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Doolittle on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Doolittle’s working residents head each day
Where Doolittle clocks in
38% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Doolittle: what the 69 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doolittle, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 69. 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 Doolittle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Doolittle: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doolittle workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 176 commuters (the 4% 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 Doolittle’s workers travel
About 27% 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 Doolittle: questions
What is the median household income in Doolittle?
$40,417 (±$17,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doolittle?
14.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doolittle?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doolittle work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rolla (38%, 7 mi), Fort Leonard Wood (4%, 18 mi), St. James (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Doolittle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doolittle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doolittle
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.