Henry Blosser House · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Malta Bend commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
1% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Employers in Malta Bend report 37 jobs, and 83 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Malta Bend for work; outside it, Marshall is the main destination (40%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Malta Bend on a workday
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Malta Bend on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The towns that employ Malta Bend’s residents
Where Malta Bend clocks in
40% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
70% of the jobs in Malta Bend pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malta Bend, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 37. 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 Malta Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Malta Bend
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malta Bend workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 1% 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 Malta Bend, by distance
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.
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 Malta Bend: questions
What is the median household income in Malta Bend?
$46,875 (±$13,695) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malta Bend?
8.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malta Bend?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Malta Bend work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (40%, 10 mi), Kansas City (6%, 64 mi), Sweet Springs (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Malta Bend 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 Malta Bend, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malta Bend
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.