Work & commute · Cairo

Work & commute in Cairo, MO

Most working residents leave Cairo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Moberly (40%), Jefferson City (8%) and Columbia (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 78 Cairo residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cairo.

78live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cairo goes to work

Moberly6.4 mi away

40%32

Jefferson City66.7 mi away

8%6

Columbia39.4 mi away

8%6

Clifton Hill12.9 mi away

3%2

Cairo (in town)right here

3%2

Clayton128.1 mi away

3%2

St. Louis132.4 mi away

3%2

Madison12.4 mi away

1%1

Paris23.1 mi away

1%1

Licking142.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%25

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

How far

How far Cairo commutes

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

45%

14%

33%

45%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cairo is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cairo are

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

Jobs based in Cairo

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Cairo residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Cairo, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 123. 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.