Photo: Markkaempfer · CC BY-SA 3.0Frohna at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 3% work in Frohna itself; outside it, Perryville draws the most (25%, 15 miles). Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Missouri 13%). A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes, 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
Frohna quiets down on a workday
On a workday 115 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Frohna on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Frohna ends
Where Frohna clocks in
25% of workers
13% 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.
Goods jobs make up 92% of work in Frohna
90 jobs are based in Frohna.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frohna, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 90. 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 Frohna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Frohna: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frohna workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 145 commuters (the 5% 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 Frohna’s workers travel
About 19% 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 Frohna compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frohna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frohna | – | — | — | 23 min | $62,083 |
| Altenburg | 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Altenburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Altenburg. Darker towns draw more of Frohna’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Frohna: questions
What is the median household income in Frohna?
$62,083 (±$17,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frohna?
2.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frohna?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frohna work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perryville (25%, 15 mi), Cape Girardeau (13%, 23 mi), Biehle (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Frohna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frohna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frohna
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.