Work & commute · Clarkton

Work & commute in Clarkton, MO

Most working residents leave Clarkton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Kennett (16%), Malden (6%) and Poplar Bluff (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

34 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 313 Clarkton residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkton.

313live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

471work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkton goes to work

Kennett15.3 mi away

16%55

Clarkton (in town)right here

10%34

Malden10.4 mi away

6%20

Poplar Bluff32.8 mi away

4%14

Gosnell, AR33.7 mi away

3%9

Blytheville, AR36 mi away

2%8

Holcomb4.7 mi away

2%8

Dexter23.5 mi away

2%8

Sikeston36.5 mi away

2%8

Campbell6.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%176

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

How far

How far Clarkton commutes

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

25%

32%

20%

23%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkton are

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

Jobs based in Clarkton

505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Clarkton residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+16%

Jobs based in Clarkton, 2013 → 2023: 434 → 505. 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.