Work & commute · Clarksdale

Work & commute in Clarksdale, MO

Most working residents leave Clarksdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (43%), Kansas City (9%) and Stewartsville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 110 Clarksdale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarksdale.

110live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarksdale goes to work

St. Joseph14.8 mi away

43%48

Kansas City47.6 mi away

9%10

Stewartsville4.8 mi away

4%4

Cameron17.6 mi away

4%4

Osborn11.2 mi away

3%3

Maysville10.8 mi away

3%3

Liberty40.2 mi away

3%3

Wathena, KS20.3 mi away

2%2

Savannah17 mi away

2%2

Independence51.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%30

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

How far

How far Clarksdale commutes

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

61%

19%

15%

5%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarksdale is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarksdale are

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

Jobs based in Clarksdale

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities81%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Clarksdale residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+59%

Jobs based in Clarksdale, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 27. 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.