Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, MO

About one in 4 of Canton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Quincy (17%), Ellington (8%) and Hannibal (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

229 of 1,017 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 788 Canton residents head out of town to work, 229 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

788live here, work elsewhere

229live and work here

752work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canton goes to work

Canton (in town)right here

23%229

Quincy, IL15.6 mi away

17%170

Ellington, IL14.7 mi away

8%77

Hannibal29.9 mi away

4%36

Columbia92.1 mi away

3%27

Kansas City175.2 mi away

2%18

Kahoka22.7 mi away

2%17

Keokuk, IA20.4 mi away

1%15

Jefferson City113.4 mi away

1%13

Melrose, IL19.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%403

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

30%

38%

26%

30%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

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

Jobs based in Canton

981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Canton residents hold

1,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+18%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 834 → 981. 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.