Fewer people are out of work in Duquesne (1.0%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%). Duquesne grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Duquesne is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Duquesne stands out on work
Nearly half of Duquesne works in Joplin
450 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Joplin, 2.5 miles away across the town line. That’s 16 times as many as work in Duquesne itself. The commute map ↓
Most Duquesne residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Duquesne are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
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 911 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Duquesne: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Duquesne is better than 51% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Duquesne’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($54,135, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Duquesne could be anywhere from C to A−.
49% of working residents work in Joplin
Where Duquesne clocks in
49% of workers
6% 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.
Duquesne’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
About 14 minutes each way, quicker than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duquesne workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,164 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who leaves Duquesne for work, and who comes in
On a workday 885 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 1,256 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Duquesne on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 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.
What the 1,282 jobs in Duquesne are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duquesne, 2013 → 2023: 1,001 → 1,282. 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 Duquesne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Duquesne is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duquesne is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Duquesne near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,227 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). 9.2% of Duquesne households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Duquesne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200, Duquesne comes 2,305th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 54 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,303 | Springfield Township PA | 1,822 | $77K | 11.5% | 3.9% | 8% | B− |
| 2,304 | Bethel VT | 1,887 | $76K | 8.2% | 1.8% | 14% | B− |
| 2,305 | Duquesne MO | 2,345 | $54K | 14.2% | 1.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,306 | Blanco TX | 2,108 | $71K | 10.4% | 2.2% | 16% | B− |
| 2,307 | Marion WI | 2,091 | $84K | 6.3% | 6.1% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Duquesne, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door is work for 49% of Duquesne
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Joplin. Darker towns draw more of Duquesne’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 Duquesne: questions
What is the median household income in Duquesne?
$54,135 (±$14,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duquesne?
14.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duquesne?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duquesne work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joplin (49%, 2 mi), Carthage (6%, 9 mi), Springfield (6%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Duquesne walkable?
Duquesne is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duquesne without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duquesne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duquesne
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.