Work & commute · Caruthersville

Work & commute in Caruthersville, MO

About one in 3 of Caruthersville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hayti (9%), Dyersburg (4%) and Kennett (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

622 of 1,873 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 1,251 Caruthersville residents head out of town to work, 622 work right here, and 1,230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caruthersville.

1,251live here, work elsewhere

622live and work here

1,230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caruthersville goes to work

Caruthersville (in town)right here

33%622

Hayti5.7 mi away

9%169

Dyersburg, TN18.6 mi away

4%83

Kennett21.6 mi away

3%47

Blytheville, AR21.6 mi away

2%43

Sikeston48.7 mi away

2%35

Cape Girardeau78.2 mi away

1%28

Gosnell, AR22.5 mi away

1%27

Portageville17.2 mi away

1%26

Steele12.4 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%769

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

How far

How far Caruthersville commutes

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

48%

17%

27%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caruthersville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caruthersville are

1,852 jobs are based in Caruthersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caruthersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Caruthersville

1,852 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Caruthersville residents hold

1,873 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−19%

Jobs based in Caruthersville, 2013 → 2023: 2,297 → 1,852. 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.