Work & commute · Canalou

Work & commute in Canalou, MO

Most working residents leave Canalou for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sikeston (11%), New Madrid (10%) and Cape Girardeau (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 62 Canalou residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canalou.

62live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canalou goes to work

Sikeston10.5 mi away

11%7

New Madrid13.8 mi away

10%6

Cape Girardeau39 mi away

8%5

Marston17 mi away

5%3

Miner13.4 mi away

5%3

Lilbourn12 mi away

3%2

Portageville22.4 mi away

3%2

Dexter15.5 mi away

3%2

Farmington81.9 mi away

3%2

Jefferson City185 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%28

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

How far

How far Canalou commutes

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

10%

49%

15%

26%

10%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canalou is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canalou are

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

Jobs based in Canalou

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Canalou residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

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.