How Metz works: jobs, income and commuting
6 jobs are based in Metz; 8 of its residents have a job. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%). Hardly any stay in Metz for work; outside it, Nevada is the main destination (38%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Metz: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15 people are in Metz on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
Where the trip to work from Metz ends
Where Metz clocks in
13% 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.
100% of the jobs in Metz pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Metz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Metz
of Metz workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 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.
Metz’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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 Metz: questions
What is the poverty rate in Metz?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Metz work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nevada (38%, 12 mi), Rich Hill (13%, 8 mi), Butler (13%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Metz without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 60% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Metz, from the people who make the trip.
More of Metz
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.