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Jobs & commute in Hunnewell

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Hunnewell works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Hunnewell itself; outside it, Shelbina draws the most (20%, 10 miles). Hunnewell has 2 jobs, against 49 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Missouri has 13%.

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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Hunnewell

On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

49live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday86
130live here− 49head out to work+ 2come in to work= 86on a workday

About 86 people are in Hunnewell on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs 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 Hunnewell commutes to

Greenfield: 1 residents work here (2%)Quincy: 1 residents work here (2%)Maxwell: 1 residents work here (2%)Chariton: 1 residents work here (2%)HunnewellShelbyville: 1 residents work here (2%)Clarence: 1 residents work here (2%)Shelbina: 10 residents work here (20%)Monroe City: 4 residents work here (8%)Macon: 2 residents work here (4%)Hannibal: 2 residents work here (4%)ShelbinaMonroe CityMaconHannibalGreenfieldQuincyHunnewell
1
Shelbina9.8 mi away
20%10
2
Monroe City6.8 mi away
8%4
3
Macon32.9 mi away
4%2
4
Hannibal24.6 mi away
4%2
5
Greenfield, IL90.8 mi away
2%1
6
Quincy, IL31.4 mi away
2%1
7
Maxwell, IA173.4 mi away
2%1
8
Chariton, IA120.5 mi away
2%1
9
Shelbyville13.6 mi away
2%1
10
Clarence22 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%25
The top trips

Where Hunnewell 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

Services make up most of the work in Hunnewell

Jobs based in HunnewellJobs Hunnewell residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices100%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%35%
Over $3,333 a month0%43%

Who does it

29 or younger0%20%
30 to 540%47%
55 and older100%33%
−80%

Jobs based in Hunnewell, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 2. 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 Hunnewell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Hunnewell: about 32 minutes

A year of commuting
246 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Hunnewell32 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Hunnewell gets to work
84%Drive alone
11%Carpool
4%Other

Share of the 45 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

How far Hunnewell’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miShelbina: 20% · 9.8 miMonroe City: 8% · 6.8 miMacon: 4% · 32.9 miHannibal: 4% · 24.6 miGreenfield: 2% · 90.8 miQuincy: 2% · 31.4 miMaxwell: 2% · 173.4 miChariton: 2% · 120.5 miShelbyville: 2% · 13.6 miClarence: 2% · 22 miShelbina 20%Monroe City 8%Macon 4%Hannibal 4%Greenfield 2%Hunnewell
HunnewellTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi15 residents
16%10–24 mi8 residents
20%25–50 mi10 residents
33%Over 50 mi16 residents

About 33% 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 Hunnewell: questions

What is the median household income in Hunnewell?

$49,375 (±$27,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Hunnewell?

15.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Hunnewell?

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

Where do people who live in Hunnewell work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelbina (20%, 10 mi), Monroe City (8%, 7 mi), Macon (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Hunnewell

Hunnewell 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.