Photo: Evan Bench · CC BY 2.0For about half of its working residents, South Gorin is a commute to Memphis
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 13% across Missouri. Hardly any stay in South Gorin for work; outside it, Memphis is the main destination (47%, 10 miles). South Gorin has 2 jobs; 17 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in South Gorin: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in South Gorin on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.12 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 the trip to work from South Gorin ends
Where South Gorin clocks in
47% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in South Gorin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Gorin, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 2. 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 South Gorin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in South Gorin
of South Gorin workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from South Gorin
About 18% 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 South Gorin: questions
What is the median household income in South Gorin?
$48,984 (±$785) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Gorin?
7.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in South Gorin work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around South Gorin 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 South Gorin, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Gorin
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.