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Jobs & commute in Wortham

Most of Wortham commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

There are 1 jobs in Wortham, against 76 working residents. Hardly any work in Wortham itself; outside it, Park Hills draws the most (14%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.

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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Wortham

On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

76live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday66
140live here− 76head out to work+ 1come in to work= 66on a workday

About 66 people are in Wortham on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs 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

Where Wortham’s working residents head each day

Bentonville: 1 residents work here (1%)Murphysboro: 1 residents work here (1%)Bismarck: 2 residents work here (3%)Leadwood: 2 residents work here (3%)Potosi: 4 residents work here (5%)DeslogeBonne Terre: 5 residents work here (7%)Farmington: 10 residents work here (13%)Park Hills: 11 residents work here (14%)St. Louis: 3 residents work here (4%)Frankclay: 4 residents work here (5%)WorthamPark HillsFarmingtonBonne TerrePotosiFrankclaySt. LouisWortham
1
Park Hills6 mi away
14%11
2
Farmington10.4 mi away
13%10
3
Bonne Terre6.5 mi away
7%5
4
Potosi11.4 mi away
5%4
5
Frankclay1.7 mi away
5%4
6
St. Louis58.3 mi away
4%3
7
Bismarck5.1 mi away
3%2
8
Leadwood1.7 mi away
3%2
9
Bentonville, AR224.8 mi away
1%1
10
Murphysboro, IL69.6 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%33
The top trips

Where Wortham 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

Services make up most of the work in Wortham

Jobs based in WorthamJobs Wortham residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%28%
Trade, transport & utilities0%14%
Services: health, schools, offices100%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%49%
Over $3,333 a month0%34%

Who does it

29 or younger100%32%
30 to 540%51%
55 and older0%17%
−50%

Jobs based in Wortham, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 1. 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 Wortham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Wortham

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Wortham gets to work
35%Drive alone
65%Carpool

Share of the 51 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

Miles to work from Wortham

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPark Hills: 14% · 6 miFarmington: 13% · 10.4 miBonne Terre: 7% · 6.5 miPotosi: 5% · 11.4 miFrankclay: 5% · 1.7 miSt. Louis: 4% · 58.3 miBismarck: 3% · 5.1 miLeadwood: 3% · 1.7 miBentonville: 1% · 224.8 miMurphysboro: 1% · 69.6 miPark Hills 14%Farmington 13%Bonne Terre 7%Potosi 5%Frankclay 5%Wortham
WorthamTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi31 residents
24%10–24 mi18 residents
9%25–50 mi7 residents
26%Over 50 mi20 residents

About 26% 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 Wortham: questions

What is the poverty rate in Wortham?

48.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Wortham work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park Hills (14%, 6 mi), Farmington (13%, 10 mi), Bonne Terre (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Wortham 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 Wortham, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Wortham

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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.