Work & commute · Castor

Work & commute in Castor, MO

Most working residents leave Castor for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Dexter (23%), Sikeston (10%) and Poplar Bluff (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

172 of 1,794 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,622 Castor residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 701 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castor.

1,622live here, work elsewhere

172live and work here

701work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castor goes to work

Dexter6.2 mi away

23%404

Sikeston19.6 mi away

10%171

Poplar Bluff27.3 mi away

6%102

Bloomfield0.7 mi away

5%93

Cape Girardeau36.4 mi away

5%90

Castor (in town)right here

4%79

Dudley10.4 mi away

4%78

Liberty12.1 mi away

3%56

Pike11.7 mi away

3%47

Richland9.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%652

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

How far

How far Castor commutes

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

38%

24%

18%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castor is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Castor are

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

Jobs based in Castor

873 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Castor residents hold

1,794 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−14%

Jobs based in Castor, 2013 → 2023: 1,021 → 873. 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.