Work & commute · Cardwell

Work & commute in Cardwell, MO

Most working residents leave Cardwell for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Paragould (21%), Kennett (6%) and Buffalo (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 183 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 169 Cardwell residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cardwell.

169live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cardwell goes to work

Paragould, AR12.3 mi away

21%38

Cardwell (in town)right here

8%14

Kennett19 mi away

6%11

Buffalo0.2 mi away

5%9

Clay12.8 mi away

4%8

Senath9.4 mi away

3%6

Manila, AR13.3 mi away

2%4

Leachville, AR9.6 mi away

2%4

Dexter54.6 mi away

2%4

Blytheville, AR22.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%82

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

How far

How far Cardwell commutes

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

29%

37%

27%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cardwell is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cardwell are

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

Jobs based in Cardwell

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cardwell residents hold

183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−23%

Jobs based in Cardwell, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 75. 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.