Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Homestown commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 5 jobs in Homestown, and 29 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in Homestown; the top destination outside it is Sikeston (14%, 40 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Homestown
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43 people are in Homestown on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer 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 Homestown’s working residents head each day
Where Homestown clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Homestown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homestown, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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 Homestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Homestown
of Homestown workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Homestown
About 27% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Homestown: questions
What is the median household income in Homestown?
$26,042 (±$20,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homestown?
45.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Homestown work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sikeston (14%, 40 mi), Portageville (10%, 10 mi), Wardell (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Homestown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Homestown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homestown
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.