Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Farmington draws 9,730 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Farmington are C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Employers in Farmington report 11,996 jobs, and 6,432 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Farmington is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Farmington and work: the main findings
Farmington is where the jobs are
Farmington has 11,996 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Farmington draws workers from far and wide
The 11,996 jobs in Farmington are filled from a wide area. Farmington’s own residents hold 19% and the ten next-biggest home towns 19%; the other 62% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
What’s behind Farmington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Farmington is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #157 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Farmington’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($53,729, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Farmington could be anywhere from D to B−.
Farmington by day and by night
On a workday 4,166 residents head out to work and 2,266 work right here.
About 25,000 people are in Farmington on a workday afternoon, 29% more 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.
Where Farmington’s workers come from
Where Farmington clocks in
4% of workers
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.
Farmington’s commute, mile by mile
About 35% 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.
The kinds of work in Farmington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farmington, 2013 → 2023: 12,418 → 11,996. 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 Farmington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farmington workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,078 commuters (the 11% 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.
Getting around Farmington: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Farmington is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #130 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,839 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). 6.5% of Farmington households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Farmington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,023 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 26,000, Farmington comes 1,677th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 12 | Dardenne Prairie MO | 15,032 | $153K | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | Creve Coeur MO | 18,480 | $127K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Webster Groves MO | 23,450 | $115K | 4.2% | 3.7% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,675 | Rutland VT | 15,363 | $58K | 15.3% | 4.4% | 41% | C |
| 1,676 | Jacksonville IL | 17,752 | $65K | 18.5% | 5.1% | 41% | C |
| 1,677 | Farmington MO | 19,226 | $54K | 15.9% | 4.1% | 35% | C |
| 1,678 | Sulphur Springs TX | 17,054 | $62K | 14.7% | 5.0% | 45% | C |
| 1,679 | Cortland NY | 17,394 | $59K | 20.8% | 4.2% | 23% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,023 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Farmington, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Farmington: questions
What is the median household income in Farmington?
$53,729 (±$6,249) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farmington?
15.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farmington?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farmington work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park Hills (4%, 4 mi), St. Louis (4%, 60 mi), Cape Girardeau (2%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Farmington walkable?
Farmington is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Farmington without a car?
1% 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 Farmington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farmington
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.