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Work & commute in Bonne Terre, MO

Most working residents leave Bonne Terre for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (14%), St. Louis (6%) and Park Hills (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
13%
258 of 1,970 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,712 Bonne Terre residents head out of town to work, 258 work right here, and 1,571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonne Terre.

1,712live here, work elsewhere
258live and work here
1,571work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bonne Terre goes to work

LeadwoodPotosiClaytonDeslogeBonne TerreDe SotoFentonFestusFarmingtonPark HillsCape GirardeauSt. LouisLake TimberlineGoose Creek LakeTerre du LacFarmingtonSt. LouisPark HillsPotosiClaytonDeslogeDe SotoFentonFestusBonne Terre
1
Farmington11.5 mi away
14%281
2
Bonne Terre (in town)right here
13%258
3
St. Louis52 mi away
6%114
4
Park Hills7.7 mi away
5%92
5
Potosi12.7 mi away
2%46
6
Clayton51.3 mi away
1%28
7
Desloge3.4 mi away
1%26
8
De Soto15.2 mi away
1%26
9
Fenton42.3 mi away
1%26
10
Festus21.8 mi away
1%24
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%1,049

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

How far

How far Bonne Terre commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
32%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bonne Terre is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonne Terre are

1,829 jobs are based in Bonne Terre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bonne Terre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bonne Terre

1,829 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Bonne Terre residents hold

1,970 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month46%
+6%

Jobs based in Bonne Terre, 2013 → 2023: 1,726 → 1,829. 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.

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