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Jobs & commute in Medill

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Medill

The Census job records count 35 working residents of Medill and no jobs based in it. Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Hardly any work in Medill; the top destination outside it is Kahoka (34%, 3 miles).

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

Day and night

Who works in Medill, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

35live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday69
100live here− 35head out to work+ 0come in to work= 69on a workday

About 69 people are in Medill on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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.

The commute map

The places Medill commutes to

Quincy: 2 residents work here (6%)West Point: 1 residents work here (3%)Keokuk: 5 residents work here (14%)Wayland: 1 residents work here (3%)Memphis: 1 residents work here (3%)Kahoka: 12 residents work here (34%)Tipton: 1 residents work here (3%)Fayette: 1 residents work here (3%)Fenton: 1 residents work here (3%)Jefferson City: 2 residents work here (6%)MedillKahokaKeokukQuincyJefferson CityWest PointWaylandMedill
1
Kahoka2.8 mi away
34%12
2
Keokuk, IA19.4 mi away
14%5
3
Quincy, IL40.1 mi away
6%2
4
Jefferson City130.5 mi away
6%2
5
West Point, IA25.7 mi away
3%1
6
Wayland10.5 mi away
3%1
7
Memphis21.1 mi away
3%1
8
Tipton134 mi away
3%1
9
Fayette101.1 mi away
3%1
10
Fenton149.1 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%8
The top trips

Where Medill 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Medill

Working from home
25%

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

About 3 in 10
How Medill gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 42 commuters (the 25% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Medill

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKahoka: 34% · 2.8 miKeokuk: 14% · 19.4 miQuincy: 6% · 40.1 miJefferson City: 6% · 130.5 miWest Point: 3% · 25.7 miWayland: 3% · 10.5 miMemphis: 3% · 21.1 miTipton: 3% · 134 miFayette: 3% · 101.1 miFenton: 3% · 149.1 miKahoka 34%Keokuk 14%Quincy 6%Jefferson City 6%West Point 3%Medill
MedillTop destinations (size = commuters)
38%Under 10 mi13 residents
21%10–24 mi7 residents
12%25–50 mi4 residents
29%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 29% 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.
  • Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Medill workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 23% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
  • 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 Medill: questions

What is the median household income in Medill?

$152,857 (±$26,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Medill?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Medill work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kahoka (34%, 3 mi), Keokuk (14%, 19 mi), Quincy (6%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Medill

Medill 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.