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Jobs & commute in Tuscumbia

Tuscumbia has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 188 people commute in to work

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Missouri has 13%. There are 189 jobs in Tuscumbia; 85 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Tuscumbia for work; outside it, Osage Beach is the main destination (14%, 12 miles).

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

Day and night

A workday in Tuscumbia: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 84 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.

84live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
188work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday300
190live here− 84head out to work+ 190come in to work= 300on a workday

About 300 people are in Tuscumbia on a workday afternoon, 54% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.22jobs 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

Who travels to work in Tuscumbia, and from where

White City: 1 workers live here (1%)Emporia: 1 workers live here (1%)Overland ParkOlean: 2 workers live here (1%)Barnett: 1 workers live here (1%)TuscumbiaIberia: 10 workers live here (5%)Crocker: 3 workers live here (2%)Eldon: 15 workers live here (8%)AshlandLake Ozark: 4 workers live here (2%)Osage Beach: 2 workers live here (1%)Maryland HeightsJefferson City: 2 workers live here (1%)Kansas CitySpringfieldColumbiaEldonIberiaLake OzarkCrockerOleanOsage BeachTuscumbia
1
Eldon10.1 mi away
8%15
2
Iberia13.6 mi away
5%10
3
Lake Ozark9.6 mi away
2%4
4
Crocker22.6 mi away
2%3
5
Olean12.5 mi away
1%2
6
Osage Beach12.3 mi away
1%2
7
Jefferson City27.5 mi away
1%2
8
White City, KS234.3 mi away
1%1
9
Emporia, KS202.8 mi away
1%1
10
Barnett15.1 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
78%148
The top trips

Where Tuscumbia 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 Tuscumbia

Jobs based in TuscumbiaJobs Tuscumbia residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms15%19%
Trade, transport & utilities6%16%
Services: health, schools, offices79%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%31%
Over $3,333 a month57%55%

Who does it

29 or younger21%19%
30 to 5448%60%
55 and older32%21%
+3%

Jobs based in Tuscumbia, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 189. 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 Tuscumbia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Tuscumbia takes about 33 minutes

A year of commuting
251 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Tuscumbia33 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Tuscumbia gets to work
60%Drive alone
35%Carpool
5%Walk

Share of the 55 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

The distance from Tuscumbia to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOsage Beach: 14% · 12.3 miJefferson City: 12% · 27.5 miLake Ozark: 5% · 9.6 miSpringfield: 5% · 85.2 miOverland Park: 2% · 128.6 miEldon: 2% · 10.1 miAshland: 2% · 41.5 miMaryland Heights: 2% · 112.5 miKansas City: 2% · 128.4 miColumbia: 2% · 49.6 miOsage Beach 14%Jefferson City 12%Lake Ozark 5%Springfield 5%Overland Park 2%Tuscumbia
TuscumbiaTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi15 residents
24%10–24 mi20 residents
28%25–50 mi24 residents
31%Over 50 mi26 residents

About 31% 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 Tuscumbia: questions

What is the median household income in Tuscumbia?

$41,250 (±$9,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Tuscumbia?

9.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Tuscumbia?

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

Where do people who live in Tuscumbia work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osage Beach (14%, 12 mi), Jefferson City (12%, 28 mi), Lake Ozark (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Tuscumbia without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Tuscumbia

Tuscumbia home →

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.