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Jobs & commute in St. Francisville

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of St. Francisville works elsewhere

Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. 6 jobs are based in St. Francisville for 51 working residents. Hardly any work in St. Francisville itself; outside it, Keokuk draws the most (22%, 9 miles).

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

Day and night

How many people are in St. Francisville by day

On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

51live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday97
140live here− 51head out to work+ 6come in to work= 97on a workday

About 97 people are in St. Francisville on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs 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

The places St. Francisville commutes to

Quincy: 5 residents work here (10%)Farmington: 1 residents work here (2%)West Burlington: 1 residents work here (2%)OskaloosaFort Madison: 4 residents work here (8%)Keokuk: 11 residents work here (22%)OttumwaCouncil Bluffs: 1 residents work here (2%)AlexandriaWayland: 2 residents work here (4%)Kahoka: 4 residents work here (8%)Milan: 1 residents work here (2%)Canton: 2 residents work here (4%)St. FrancisvilleKeokukQuincyFort MadisonKahokaWaylandCantonSt. Francisville
1
Keokuk, IA9.4 mi away
22%11
2
Quincy, IL36.6 mi away
10%5
3
Fort Madison, IA17.3 mi away
8%4
4
Kahoka7.6 mi away
8%4
5
Wayland3.2 mi away
4%2
6
Canton21.7 mi away
4%2
7
Farmington, IA16 mi away
2%1
82%1
9
Council Bluffs, IA230.2 mi away
2%1
10
Milan83.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%19
The top trips

Where St. Francisville 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

Jobs in St. Francisville: what the 6 are

Jobs based in St. FrancisvilleJobs St. Francisville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%24%
Trade, transport & utilities100%29%
Services: health, schools, offices0%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less67%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%29%
Over $3,333 a month17%53%

Who does it

29 or younger17%24%
30 to 5433%47%
55 and older50%29%

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. Francisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From St. Francisville, about 22 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
169 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

St. Francisville22 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 66 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

How far it is to work from St. Francisville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKeokuk: 22% · 9.4 miQuincy: 10% · 36.6 miFort Madison: 8% · 17.3 miKahoka: 8% · 7.6 miWayland: 4% · 3.2 miCanton: 4% · 21.7 miFarmington: 2% · 16 miWest Burlington: 2% · 33.6 miCouncil Bluffs: 2% · 230.2 miMilan: 2% · 83.2 miKeokuk 22%Quincy 10%Fort Madison 8%Kahoka 8%Wayland 4%St. Francisville
St. FrancisvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi22 residents
14%10–24 mi7 residents
14%25–50 mi7 residents
27%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 27% 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. Francisville: questions

What is the poverty rate in St. Francisville?

47.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from St. Francisville?

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

Where do people who live in St. Francisville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (22%, 9 mi), Quincy (10%, 37 mi), Fort Madison (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around St. Francisville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from St. Francisville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of St. Francisville

St. Francisville home →

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.