Work, pay and getting to work in Medicine Township
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Hardly any work in Medicine Township itself; outside it, Unionville draws the most (11%, 15 miles). The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Medicine Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Medicine Township work
Where Medicine Township clocks in
11% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
In Medicine Township, 96% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
47 jobs are based in Medicine Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medicine Township, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 47. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medicine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Medicine Township spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medicine Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 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 Medicine Township
About 53% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Medicine Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medicine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $29,453 |
| Jackson Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Ravanna Township | under 4% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| York Township | under 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township, Ravanna Township and York Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Medicine Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Medicine Township: questions
What is the median household income in Medicine Township?
$29,453 (±$19,271) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medicine Township?
18.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medicine Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medicine Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Unionville (11%, 15 mi), Centerville (5%, 30 mi), Quincy (4%, 106 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Medicine Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Medicine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medicine Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.