Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Columbia draws about two in three of Rocheport’s working residents
24% of workers work from home; Missouri has 13%. Hardly any work in Rocheport itself; outside it, Columbia draws the most (69%, 13 miles). Working residents average 18 minutes each way; Missouri averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rocheport on a workday afternoon
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Rocheport on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.33 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 Rocheport goes to work
Where Rocheport clocks in
69% of workers
2% 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.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Rocheport
33 jobs are based in Rocheport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocheport, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 33. 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 Rocheport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Rocheport: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocheport workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 24% 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.
The commute from Rocheport, by distance
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 Rocheport: questions
What is the median household income in Rocheport?
$57,083 (±$28,008) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocheport?
10.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocheport?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocheport work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Rocheport 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 Rocheport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocheport
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.