Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in McKittrick
The trip to work takes 15 minutes on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. Hardly any work in McKittrick; the top destination outside it is Washington (9%, 26 miles). No jobs are based in McKittrick in the Census job records; 34 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of McKittrick, and who commutes in
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46 people are in McKittrick on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Out of McKittrick to work: where people go
Where McKittrick clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
About 15 minutes each way for McKittrick’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McKittrick workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 19% 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 McKittrick’s workers travel
About 35% 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 McKittrick: questions
What is the poverty rate in McKittrick?
2.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McKittrick?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McKittrick work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (9%, 26 mi), Hermann (6%, 3 mi), New Florence (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McKittrick 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 McKittrick, from the people who make the trip.
More of McKittrick
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.