Tallapoosa has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Tallapoosa; the top destination outside it is Portageville (14%, 8 miles). Tallapoosa has 1 jobs for 21 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Tallapoosa, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52 people are in Tallapoosa on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where people from Tallapoosa work
Where Tallapoosa clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Tallapoosa: what the 1 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Tallapoosa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Tallapoosa
of Tallapoosa workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 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.
The commute from Tallapoosa, by distance
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 Tallapoosa: questions
What is the median household income in Tallapoosa?
$55,750 (±$17,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tallapoosa?
14.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tallapoosa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portageville (14%, 8 mi), Dudley (10%, 25 mi), Gideon (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tallapoosa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tallapoosa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tallapoosa
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.