Photo: Acntx at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0About two in three of Pierpont’s working residents commute to Columbia
Hardly any stay in Pierpont for work; outside it, Columbia is the main destination (67%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 15 minutes getting to work on average; Missouri averages 24, the U.S. 26. 18 jobs are based in Pierpont, and 33 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Pierpont for work, and who comes in
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Pierpont on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.55 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 Pierpont’s working residents head each day
Where Pierpont clocks in
67% of workers
15% of workers
3% 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.
28% of the jobs in Pierpont make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pierpont, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 18. 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 Pierpont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 15 minutes from Pierpont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pierpont workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 12% 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 Pierpont
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 Pierpont: questions
What is the median household income in Pierpont?
$88,750 (±$67,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pierpont?
3.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pierpont?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pierpont work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Pierpont 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 Pierpont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pierpont
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.