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Jobs & commute in Frisbee

Most of Frisbee commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Frisbee itself; outside it, Kennett draws the most (28%, 8 miles). Frisbee has 4 jobs, against 40 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Missouri 13%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Frisbee: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

40live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night95
Workday59
95live here− 40head out to work+ 4come in to work= 59on a workday

About 59 people are in Frisbee on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Frisbee’s working residents head each day

Stuttgart: 1 residents work here (3%)Blytheville: 1 residents work here (3%)Pilot Knob: 1 residents work here (3%)Clarkton: 3 residents work here (8%)Campbell: 1 residents work here (3%)Gideon: 1 residents work here (3%)Portageville: 1 residents work here (3%)Kennett: 11 residents work here (28%)MaldenNixaPoplar Bluff: 2 residents work here (5%)Sikeston: 2 residents work here (5%)Cape GirardeauFrisbeeKennettClarktonPoplar BluffSikestonStuttgartBlythevilleFrisbee
1
Kennett7.8 mi away
28%11
2
Clarkton7.7 mi away
8%3
3
Poplar Bluff35.5 mi away
5%2
4
Sikeston44.2 mi away
5%2
5
Stuttgart, AR154.1 mi away
3%1
6
Blytheville, AR29.7 mi away
3%1
7
Pilot Knob94.1 mi away
3%1
8
Campbell10.1 mi away
3%1
9
Gideon9.4 mi away
3%1
10
Portageville19.2 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%16
The top trips

Where Frisbee 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

Frisbee is a services town

Jobs based in FrisbeeJobs Frisbee residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%23%
Trade, transport & utilities0%13%
Services: health, schools, offices100%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less75%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%30%
Over $3,333 a month0%58%

Who does it

29 or younger25%28%
30 to 5475%58%
55 and older0%15%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frisbee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Frisbee

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Frisbee gets to work
84%Drive alone
16%Carpool

Share of the 38 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

The distance from Frisbee to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKennett: 28% · 7.8 miClarkton: 8% · 7.7 miPoplar Bluff: 5% · 35.5 miSikeston: 5% · 44.2 miStuttgart: 3% · 154.1 miBlytheville: 3% · 29.7 miPilot Knob: 3% · 94.1 miCampbell: 3% · 10.1 miGideon: 3% · 9.4 miPortageville: 3% · 19.2 miKennett 28%Clarkton 8%Poplar Bluff 5%Sikeston 5%Stuttgart 3%Frisbee
FrisbeeTop destinations (size = commuters)
44%Under 10 mi17 residents
13%10–24 mi5 residents
31%25–50 mi12 residents
13%Over 50 mi5 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

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 2024, 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 Frisbee: questions

What is the median household income in Frisbee?

$59,375 (±$49,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Frisbee?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Frisbee work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kennett (28%, 8 mi), Clarkton (8%, 8 mi), Poplar Bluff (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Frisbee 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 Frisbee, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Frisbee

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.