Work & commute · Brewer

Work & commute in Brewer, MO

Most working residents leave Brewer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Perryville (36%), Cape Girardeau (11%) and Steeleville (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 175 Brewer residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brewer.

175live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brewer goes to work

Perryville4.6 mi away

36%64

Cape Girardeau38.2 mi away

11%19

Steeleville, IL20.9 mi away

2%4

Ste. Genevieve15 mi away

2%4

St. Louis61.5 mi away

2%4

Chester, IL11 mi away

1%2

Potosi47.9 mi away

1%2

Fredericktown26 mi away

1%2

Crystal City39.4 mi away

1%2

Farmington27.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%71

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

How far

How far Brewer commutes

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

48%

23%

20%

48%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brewer is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brewer are

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

Jobs based in Brewer

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Brewer residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+29%

Jobs based in Brewer, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 150. 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.