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Jobs & commute in Tina

Most of Tina commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Tina report 9 jobs, against 61 working residents. Hardly any work in Tina; the top destination outside it is Carrollton (11%, 12 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Tina on a workday afternoon

On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

61live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday86
140live here− 61head out to work+ 9come in to work= 86on a workday

About 86 people are in Tina on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.15jobs 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Tina’s residents

Springfield: 1 residents work here (2%)TinaBrunswick: 2 residents work here (3%)Waverly: 3 residents work here (5%)Carrollton: 7 residents work here (11%)Chillicothe: 6 residents work here (10%)Marshall: 2 residents work here (3%)KearneySedalia: 2 residents work here (3%)Grandview: 2 residents work here (3%)Jefferson City: 5 residents work here (8%)LibertyKansas City: 5 residents work here (8%)Hurricane TownshipNew York TownshipJackson TownshipDavis TownshipCarrolltonChillicotheJefferson CityKansas CityWaverlyBrunswickTina
1
Carrollton12.4 mi away
11%7
2
Chillicothe18.6 mi away
10%6
3
Jefferson City95.4 mi away
8%5
4
Kansas City65.8 mi away
8%5
5
Waverly23.2 mi away
5%3
6
Brunswick18.4 mi away
3%2
7
Marshall31.9 mi away
3%2
8
Sedalia58.6 mi away
3%2
9
Grandview73.5 mi away
3%2
10
Springfield, IL202.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%26
The top trips

Where Tina 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

The kinds of work in Tina

Jobs based in TinaJobs Tina residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%31%
Trade, transport & utilities33%26%
Services: health, schools, offices67%43%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month56%26%
Over $3,333 a month44%54%

Who does it

29 or younger11%31%
30 to 5456%44%
55 and older33%25%
−10%

Jobs based in Tina, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 9. 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 Tina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Tina takes about 37 minutes

A year of commuting
285 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Tina37 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

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

About 0 in 10
How Tina gets to work
83%Drive alone
17%Carpool

Share of the 65 commuters (the 3% 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

Half of Tina commutes less than 58 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCarrollton: 11% · 12.4 miChillicothe: 10% · 18.6 miJefferson City: 8% · 95.4 miKansas City: 8% · 65.8 miWaverly: 5% · 23.2 miBrunswick: 3% · 18.4 miMarshall: 3% · 31.9 miSedalia: 3% · 58.6 miGrandview: 3% · 73.5 miSpringfield: 2% · 202.7 miCarrollton 11%Chillicothe 10%Jefferson City 8%Waverly 5%Tina
TinaTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi3 residents
38%10–24 mi23 residents
5%25–50 mi3 residents
52%Over 50 mi32 residents

About 52% 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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Tina: questions

What is the median household income in Tina?

$52,500 (±$25,995) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Tina?

33.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Tina?

37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Tina work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (11%, 12 mi), Chillicothe (10%, 19 mi), Jefferson City (8%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Tina without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Tina, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Tina

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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.