Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Morehouse has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Morehouse for work; outside it, Sikeston is the main destination (42%, 6 miles). 44 jobs are based in Morehouse for 232 working residents. Home is the office for 1% of workers (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Morehouse stands out on work
Morehouse and Sikeston trade workers both ways
Sikeston is the top workplace for Morehouse residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Morehouse come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Morehouse is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Morehouse, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Morehouse has about 490 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Morehouse workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 232 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Morehouse ends
Where Morehouse clocks in
42% of workers
8% 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.
In and out of Morehouse on a workday
On a workday 232 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Morehouse on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 daily trip from Morehouse: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morehouse workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 268 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.
Services make up most of the work in Morehouse
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morehouse, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 44. 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 Morehouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Morehouse
About 16% 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 Morehouse: questions
What is the median household income in Morehouse?
$32,254 (±$11,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morehouse?
19.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morehouse?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morehouse work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sikeston (42%, 6 mi), Cape Girardeau (8%, 33 mi), Miner (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Morehouse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morehouse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morehouse
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.