Jobs and the daily commute in Thomasville
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Missouri has 13%. Hardly any stay in Thomasville for work; outside it, Mammoth Spring is the main destination (14%, 21 miles). Thomasville has 8 jobs; 7 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Thomasville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9 people are in Thomasville on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
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 Thomasville work
Where Thomasville clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
14% 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 Thomasville
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 Thomasville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Thomasville
of Thomasville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 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 Thomasville, 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Thomasville workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 14% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Thomasville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Thomasville?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Thomasville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mammoth Spring (14%, 21 mi), Alton (14%, 10 mi), Ballwin (14%, 136 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thomasville 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 Thomasville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thomasville
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.