About two in five of Duenweg’s working residents commute to Joplin
Jobs & income C+: better than 36% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 68% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 19 minutes each way (Missouri 24, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Duenweg; the top destination outside it is Joplin (40%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Duenweg
Duenweg and Joplin trade workers both ways
Joplin is the top workplace for Duenweg residents (40%) and also where the most people who work in Duenweg come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Duenweg residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Duenweg than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Duenweg fell from 895 in 2013 to 483 in 2023, −46%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 591 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Duenweg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Duenweg is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Duenweg’s grade up (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Duenweg could be anywhere from C− to B+.
40% of working residents work in Joplin
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Duenweg clocks in
40% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Duenweg commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
What the 483 jobs in Duenweg are
483 jobs are based in Duenweg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duenweg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duenweg, 2013 → 2023: 895 → 483. 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 589 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 481 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Missouri
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duenweg workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,007 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Duenweg start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duenweg is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% 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 1,066 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). 5.3% of Duenweg households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Duenweg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Duenweg is 2,906th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Duenweg, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 48 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,904 | Clarendon VT | 2,398 | $60K | 6.0% | 4.8% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,905 | Burke VT | 1,646 | $87K | 10.0% | 0.7% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,906 | Duenweg MO | 2,100 | $63K | 20.9% | 3.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,907 | Corinth NY | 2,626 | $76K | 13.9% | 5.0% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,908 | Antwerp OH | 1,679 | $58K | 9.7% | 2.8% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
40% of Duenweg works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Joplin (40%). Darker towns draw more of Duenweg’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 Duenweg: questions
What is the median household income in Duenweg?
$63,375 (±$10,110) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duenweg?
20.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duenweg?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duenweg work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joplin (40%, 5 mi), Carthage (12%, 6 mi), Webb City (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Duenweg walkable?
Duenweg is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duenweg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duenweg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duenweg
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.