Where Ellington earns its living
<1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. About one in five work in Ellington itself; outside it, Poplar Bluff draws the most (6%, 45 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average (Missouri 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ellington: the figures worth knowing
From Ellington, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellington workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 279 commuters (the <1% 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 many people are in Ellington by day
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 328 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Ellington on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 daily trip into Ellington
Where Ellington clocks in
5% 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 Ellington: what the 378 are
378 jobs are based in Ellington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellington, 2013 → 2023: 433 → 378. 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 Ellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Ellington works
About 26% 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 Ellington: questions
What is the median household income in Ellington?
$36,205 (±$11,232) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellington?
13.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellington?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellington work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poplar Bluff (6%, 45 mi), Piedmont (5%, 16 mi), Farmington (3%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ellington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellington
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.