Photo: Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Quitman earns its living
No jobs are based in Quitman in the Census job records; 11 of its residents work elsewhere. For 53% of workers, the job is at home (Missouri 13%). Hardly any work in Quitman itself; outside it, Maryville draws the most (27%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Quitman: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16 people are in Quitman on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 Quitman’s working residents head each day
Where Quitman clocks in
9% 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 Quitman
of Quitman workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 53% 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 Quitman
About 36% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Quitman workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 18% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Quitman: questions
What is the median household income in Quitman?
$44,219 (±$25,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quitman?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Quitman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maryville (27%, 11 mi), Lenexa (9%, 98 mi), Overland Park (9%, 105 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quitman 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 Quitman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quitman
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.