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Jobs & commute in Sedgewickville

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Sedgewickville works elsewhere

There are 21 jobs in Sedgewickville, and 83 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Sedgewickville itself; outside it, Perryville draws the most (10%, 15 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Sedgewickville

On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.

83live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday130
190live here− 83head out to work+ 21come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Sedgewickville on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Sedgewickville commutes to

Millstadt: 1 residents work here (1%)Anna: 1 residents work here (1%)Murphysboro: 1 residents work here (1%)Oakland: 1 residents work here (1%)SedgewickvilleMarble Hill: 4 residents work here (5%)SenathFredericktownPerryville: 8 residents work here (10%)Jackson: 6 residents work here (7%)Cape Girardeau: 8 residents work here (10%)Chesterfield: 2 residents work here (2%)St. Louis: 3 residents work here (4%)PerryvilleCape GirardeauJacksonMarble HillSt. LouisChesterfieldSedgewickville
1
Perryville14.7 mi away
10%8
2
Cape Girardeau23.8 mi away
10%8
3
Jackson16.7 mi away
7%6
4
Marble Hill15.2 mi away
5%4
5
St. Louis79.6 mi away
4%3
6
Chesterfield87.1 mi away
2%2
7
Millstadt, IL65.4 mi away
1%1
8
Anna, IL36.8 mi away
1%1
9
Murphysboro, IL35.9 mi away
1%1
10
Oakland77.9 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%48
The top trips

Where Sedgewickville clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Sedgewickville

Jobs based in SedgewickvilleJobs Sedgewickville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%30%
Trade, transport & utilities90%34%
Services: health, schools, offices10%36%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month62%33%
Over $3,333 a month10%52%

Who does it

29 or younger14%29%
30 to 5452%52%
55 and older33%19%

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 Sedgewickville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri

A year of commuting
208 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sedgewickville27 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Sedgewickville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Sedgewickville gets to work
67%Drive alone
24%Carpool
9%Other

Share of the 125 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.

How far

Sedgewickville’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPerryville: 10% · 14.7 miCape Girardeau: 10% · 23.8 miJackson: 7% · 16.7 miMarble Hill: 5% · 15.2 miSt. Louis: 4% · 79.6 miChesterfield: 2% · 87.1 miMillstadt: 1% · 65.4 miAnna: 1% · 36.8 miMurphysboro: 1% · 35.9 miOakland: 1% · 77.9 miPerryville 10%Cape Girardeau 10%Jackson 7%Marble Hill 5%St. Louis 4%Sedgewickville
SedgewickvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi8 residents
41%10–24 mi34 residents
12%25–50 mi10 residents
37%Over 50 mi31 residents

About 37% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sedgewickville: questions

What is the median household income in Sedgewickville?

$92,083 (±$38,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sedgewickville?

4.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sedgewickville?

27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sedgewickville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perryville (10%, 15 mi), Cape Girardeau (10%, 24 mi), Jackson (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Sedgewickville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Sedgewickville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Sedgewickville

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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.