Work means Cape Girardeau for about half of Dutchtown’s working residents
Hardly any work in Dutchtown; the top destination outside it is Cape Girardeau (46%, 6 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. There are 21 jobs in Dutchtown, against 72 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Dutchtown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Dutchtown on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
The places Dutchtown commutes to
Where Dutchtown clocks in
46% 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.
A place that makes things: 48% of Dutchtown’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dutchtown, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 21. 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 Dutchtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dutchtown
of Dutchtown workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 97 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.
How far it is to work from Dutchtown
About 25% 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 Dutchtown: questions
What is the median household income in Dutchtown?
$86,111 (±$46,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dutchtown?
2.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dutchtown work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Dutchtown 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 Dutchtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dutchtown
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.