Most of Fairdealing commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Fairdealing for work; outside it, Poplar Bluff is the main destination (33%, 13 miles). 43 jobs are based in Fairdealing, and 203 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fairdealing apart on work
Fairdealing is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Fairdealing, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairdealing has about 260 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Fairdealing works in Poplar Bluff
67 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Poplar Bluff, 13 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in Fairdealing itself. The commute map ↓
Few Fairdealing workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 203 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Fairdealing: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Fairdealing on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
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 towns that employ Fairdealing’s residents
Where Fairdealing clocks in
10% 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.
Getting to work from Fairdealing takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairdealing workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Fairdealing
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairdealing, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 43. 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 Fairdealing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fairdealing
About 27% 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 Fairdealing: questions
What is the median household income in Fairdealing?
$49,293 (±$25,339) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairdealing?
20.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairdealing?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairdealing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poplar Bluff (33%, 13 mi), Doniphan (10%, 12 mi), Cape Girardeau (3%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairdealing 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 Fairdealing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairdealing
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.