Work & commute · Cobalt

Work & commute in Cobalt, MO

Most working residents leave Cobalt for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fredericktown (27%), Farmington (11%) and Cape Girardeau (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 93 Cobalt residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cobalt.

93live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cobalt goes to work

Fredericktown1.5 mi away

27%25

Farmington18.1 mi away

11%10

Cape Girardeau43.2 mi away

4%4

Junction City1.9 mi away

2%2

Park Hills22 mi away

2%2

Springfield166.8 mi away

2%2

Brewer26.1 mi away

2%2

Chester, IL36.3 mi away

1%1

Cairo, IL71.2 mi away

1%1

Belleville, IL69 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%43

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

How far

How far Cobalt commutes

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

36%

20%

14%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cobalt is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cobalt are

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

Jobs based in Cobalt

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Cobalt residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−67%

Jobs based in Cobalt, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 1. 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.