Work & commute · Altenburg

Work & commute in Altenburg, MO

Most working residents leave Altenburg for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Perryville (31%), Cape Girardeau (12%) and Frohna (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Altenburg residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altenburg.

157live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altenburg goes to work

Perryville17.2 mi away

31%51

Cape Girardeau22.2 mi away

12%20

Frohna1.9 mi away

4%6

Altenburg (in town)right here

4%6

Jackson17.7 mi away

3%5

St. Louis78.1 mi away

2%4

Farmington47.2 mi away

2%3

Biehle13.9 mi away

2%3

Sikeston51.6 mi away

1%2

Maryland Heights89.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%61

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Altenburg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

18%

9%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altenburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Altenburg are

126 jobs are based in Altenburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Altenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Altenburg

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Altenburg residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+5%

Jobs based in Altenburg, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 126. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.