Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Penermon
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Missouri has 13%. Hardly any work in Penermon; the top destination outside it is Sikeston (22%, 15 miles). Penermon has 18 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Penermon
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31 people are in Penermon on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
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.
Where Penermon’s working residents head each day
Where Penermon clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Working from home in Penermon
of Penermon workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 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.
Half of Penermon commutes less than 14 miles
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 Penermon: questions
What is the median household income in Penermon?
$17,625 (±$10,656) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Penermon?
87.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Penermon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sikeston (22%, 15 mi), Dexter (11%, 7 mi), Doniphan (6%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Penermon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 39% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Penermon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Penermon
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.