Work & commute · Bell

Work & commute in Bell, MO

Most working residents leave Bell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Advance (15%), Pike (12%) and Cape Girardeau (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 Bell residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bell.

157live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bell goes to work

Advance7.5 mi away

15%25

Pike1.6 mi away

12%20

Cape Girardeau24.4 mi away

11%18

Sikeston16.1 mi away

8%13

Bell City (in town)right here

3%5

Marble Hill21.3 mi away

3%5

Scott City20.8 mi away

2%4

Dudley22.1 mi away

2%3

Malden30.8 mi away

2%3

St. Louis113.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%63

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

How far

How far Bell commutes

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

31%

39%

12%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bell is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bell are

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

Jobs based in Bell

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bell residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−8%

Jobs based in Bell, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 111. 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.