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Jobs & commute in St. Clement

Most of St. Clement commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. 6 jobs are based in St. Clement, against 22 working residents. Hardly any work in St. Clement; the top destination outside it is Bowling Green (18%, 4 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

St. Clement on a workday afternoon

On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

22live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night31
Workday15
31live here− 22head out to work+ 6come in to work= 15on a workday

About 15 people are in St. Clement on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.27jobs 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where St. Clement’s working residents head each day

CollinsvilleWellsvilleBowling Green: 4 residents work here (18%)Crestwood: 1 residents work here (5%)TroyPoplar Bluff: 1 residents work here (5%)Mexico: 1 residents work here (5%)Hannibal: 2 residents work here (9%)Jefferson City: 1 residents work here (5%)Independence: 1 residents work here (5%)St. Louis: 1 residents work here (5%)Columbia: 2 residents work here (9%)Ellington Township: 1 residents work here (5%)St. ClementBowling GreenHannibalColumbiaCrestwoodPoplar BluffMexicoSt. Clement
1
Bowling Green4.5 mi away
18%4
2
Hannibal31.2 mi away
9%2
3
Columbia64 mi away
9%2
4
Crestwood67.1 mi away
5%1
5
Poplar Bluff179.3 mi away
5%1
6
Mexico36.3 mi away
5%1
7
Jefferson City71.5 mi away
5%1
8
Independence168.7 mi away
5%1
9
St. Louis68.5 mi away
5%1
105%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%7
The top trips

Where St. Clement 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

St. Clement makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in St. ClementJobs St. Clement residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%32%
Trade, transport & utilities67%18%
Services: health, schools, offices0%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%18%
Over $3,333 a month33%64%

Who does it

29 or younger33%18%
30 to 5450%68%
55 and older17%14%
−50%

Jobs based in St. Clement, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 6. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Clement’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in St. Clement

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How St. Clement gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 24 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

St. Clement’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBowling Green: 18% · 4.5 miHannibal: 9% · 31.2 miColumbia: 9% · 64 miCrestwood: 5% · 67.1 miPoplar Bluff: 5% · 179.3 miMexico: 5% · 36.3 miJefferson City: 5% · 71.5 miIndependence: 5% · 168.7 miSt. Louis: 5% · 68.5 miEllington Township: 5% · 49.6 miBowling Green 18%Hannibal 9%Columbia 9%Crestwood 5%Poplar Bluff 5%St. Clement
St. ClementTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi4 residents
18%10–24 mi4 residents
27%25–50 mi6 residents
36%Over 50 mi8 residents

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 2024.

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 2024, 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 St. Clement: questions

What is the poverty rate in St. Clement?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in St. Clement work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowling Green (18%, 4 mi), Hannibal (9%, 31 mi), Columbia (9%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around St. Clement 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 St. Clement, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of St. Clement

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.