St. Oswald's Protestant Episcopal Church · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Skidmore works elsewhere
There are 38 jobs in Skidmore for 104 working residents. Hardly any work in Skidmore; the top destination outside it is Maryville (35%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Skidmore
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Skidmore on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Skidmore: the destinations
Where Skidmore clocks in
13% 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.
What Skidmore’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skidmore, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 38. 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 Skidmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Skidmore
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skidmore workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Skidmore
About 19% 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 Skidmore: questions
What is the median household income in Skidmore?
$55,313 (±$25,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skidmore?
28.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skidmore?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skidmore work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maryville (35%, 12 mi), St. Joseph (13%, 39 mi), Polk Township (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Skidmore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Skidmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skidmore
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.