Jobs and the daily commute in Ginger Blue
Home is the office for 4% of workers; Missouri has 13%. Hardly any stay in Ginger Blue for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (17%, 77 miles). Ginger Blue has 12 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Ginger Blue
On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22 people are in Ginger Blue on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Ginger Blue goes to work
Where Ginger Blue clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
Working from home in Ginger Blue
of Ginger Blue workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 commuters (the 4% 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.
The commute from Ginger Blue, by distance
About 42% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Ginger Blue workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 33% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ginger Blue: questions
What is the median household income in Ginger Blue?
$39,153 (±$25,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ginger Blue?
0.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ginger Blue work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (17%, 77 mi), Gentry (8%, 24 mi), Barling (8%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ginger Blue without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ginger Blue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ginger Blue
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.