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Jobs & commute in Frankford

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Frankford works elsewhere

0% of workers have no commute at all; Missouri has 13%. Employers in Frankford report 18 jobs, and 143 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Frankford; the top destination outside it is Louisiana (15%, 14 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Frankford

On a workday 142 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

142live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night340
Workday210
340live here− 140head out to work+ 17come in to work= 210on a workday

About 210 people are in Frankford on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places Frankford commutes to

PalmyraPittsfieldLenexaPaynesvilleFrankfordBowling Green: 20 residents work here (14%)Louisiana: 21 residents work here (15%)Troy: 3 residents work here (2%)Moberly: 2 residents work here (1%)Fulton: 2 residents work here (1%)Mexico: 5 residents work here (3%)Hannibal: 17 residents work here (12%)St. Charles: 4 residents work here (3%)O'Fallon: 7 residents work here (5%)St. LouisColumbia: 5 residents work here (3%)LouisianaBowling GreenHannibalO'FallonMexicoColumbiaFrankford
1
Louisiana14.2 mi away
15%21
2
Bowling Green12 mi away
14%20
3
Hannibal15.5 mi away
12%17
4
O'Fallon58.8 mi away
5%7
5
Mexico37.3 mi away
3%5
6
Columbia65.7 mi away
3%5
7
St. Charles64.6 mi away
3%4
8
Troy40.7 mi away
2%3
9
Moberly59.8 mi away
1%2
10
Fulton55.5 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%57
The top trips

Where Frankford clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What Frankford’s employers do

Jobs based in FrankfordJobs Frankford residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%24%
Trade, transport & utilities72%20%
Services: health, schools, offices28%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less28%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%23%
Over $3,333 a month50%64%

Who does it

29 or younger17%15%
30 to 5444%51%
55 and older39%34%
+0%

Jobs based in Frankford, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 18. 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 Frankford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 18 minutes from Frankford

A year of commuting
141 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Frankford18 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Frankford workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Frankford gets to work
98%Drive alone
2%Carpool

Share of the 199 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Frankford

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miLouisiana: 15% · 14.2 miBowling Green: 14% · 12 miHannibal: 12% · 15.5 miO'Fallon: 5% · 58.8 miMexico: 3% · 37.3 miColumbia: 3% · 65.7 miSt. Charles: 3% · 64.6 miTroy: 2% · 40.7 miMoberly: 1% · 59.8 miFulton: 1% · 55.5 miLouisiana 15%Bowling Green 14%Hannibal 12%O'Fallon 5%Mexico 3%Frankford
FrankfordTop destinations (size = commuters)
1%Under 10 mi1 residents
50%10–24 mi72 residents
14%25–50 mi20 residents
35%Over 50 mi50 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Frankford: questions

What is the median household income in Frankford?

$49,464 (±$33,466) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Frankford?

20.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Frankford?

18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Frankford work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisiana (15%, 14 mi), Bowling Green (14%, 12 mi), Hannibal (12%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Frankford without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Frankford, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Frankford

Frankford home →

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.