Work & commute · Arcadia

Work & commute in Arcadia, MO

Most working residents leave Arcadia for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ironton (14%), Farmington (8%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 202 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 197 Arcadia residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcadia.

197live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcadia goes to work

Ironton0.7 mi away

14%28

Farmington17.5 mi away

8%17

St. Louis75.5 mi away

5%10

Park Hills17.4 mi away

3%7

Cape Girardeau61.8 mi away

3%7

Fenton65.8 mi away

3%6

Poplar Bluff58.1 mi away

3%6

Arcadia (in town)right here

2%5

Pilot Knob2.6 mi away

2%4

Viburnum28.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%108

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

How far

How far Arcadia commutes

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

26%

23%

13%

38%

26%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcadia is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcadia are

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

Jobs based in Arcadia

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Arcadia residents hold

202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+104%

Jobs based in Arcadia, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 145. 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.