Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0There are 1.9 jobs in Ellsinore for every working resident, and 241 people commute in
About one in ten work in Ellsinore itself; outside it, Poplar Bluff draws the most (16%, 22 miles). Ellsinore has 253 jobs; 134 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 28 minutes each way, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Ellsinore: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 122 residents head out to work and 12 work right here.
About 540 people are in Ellsinore on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.9 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.
Where Ellsinore’s workforce comes from
Where Ellsinore clocks in
4% of workers
2% 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.
What Ellsinore’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellsinore, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 253. 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 Ellsinore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Ellsinore: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellsinore workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 268 commuters (the 13% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ellsinore
About 29% 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 Ellsinore: questions
What is the median household income in Ellsinore?
$52,010 (±$11,766) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellsinore?
11.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellsinore?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellsinore work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poplar Bluff (16%, 22 mi), Van Buren (4%, 15 mi), Campbell (2%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ellsinore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellsinore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellsinore
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.