Most of Vanduser commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Vanduser report 19 jobs for 63 working residents. Hardly any work in Vanduser; the top destination outside it is Sikeston (41%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Vanduser
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Vanduser on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 Vanduser’s working residents head each day
Where Vanduser clocks in
41% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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 Vanduser
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vanduser, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 19. 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 Vanduser’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way for Vanduser’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vanduser workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 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 Vanduser’s workers travel
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 Vanduser: questions
What is the median household income in Vanduser?
$42,500 (±$10,770) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vanduser?
27.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vanduser?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vanduser work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sikeston (41%, 9 mi), Cape Girardeau (11%, 23 mi), Charleston (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vanduser without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vanduser, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vanduser
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.