Photo: Markkaempfer · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Old Appleton
Hardly any work in Old Appleton itself; outside it, Cape Girardeau draws the most (21%, 21 miles). Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. There are 40 jobs in Old Appleton, against 29 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Old Appleton
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 86 people are in Old Appleton on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
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 Old Appleton’s working residents head each day
Where Old Appleton clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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.
80% of the jobs in Old Appleton pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Appleton, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 40. 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 Old Appleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Old Appleton: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Old Appleton workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39 commuters (the 9% 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 it is to work from Old Appleton
About 24% 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 Old Appleton: questions
What is the median household income in Old Appleton?
$54,306 (±$34,530) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Old Appleton?
4.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Old Appleton?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Old Appleton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Girardeau (21%, 21 mi), Jackson (14%, 15 mi), Perryville (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Old Appleton 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 Old Appleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old Appleton
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.