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Work & commute · Cotton Hill

Work & commute in Cotton Hill, MO

About one in 5 of Cotton Hill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Malden (19%), Dexter (11%) and Poplar Bluff (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
20%
368 of 1,854 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,486 Cotton Hill residents head out of town to work, 368 work right here, and 891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cotton Hill.

1,486live here, work elsewhere
368live and work here
891work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Cotton Hill goes to work

DudleyClarktonMarstonBernieCampbellPortagevilleDexterKennettMaldenPoplar BluffSikestonCape GirardeauFreebornUnionCotton HillLibertyMaldenDexterPoplar BluffKennettCape GirardeauSikestonPortagevilleDudleyClarktonMarstonCotton Hill
1
Malden2.8 mi away
19%348
2
Dexter16.2 mi away
11%202
3
Poplar Bluff27.2 mi away
6%108
4
Kennett22.3 mi away
4%68
5
Cape Girardeau57.1 mi away
3%64
6
Sikeston31.7 mi away
3%61
7
Portageville18.7 mi away
3%48
8
Dudley16.8 mi away
2%45
9
Clarkton7.6 mi away
2%42
10
Marston21.7 mi away
2%41
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%827

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

How far

How far Cotton Hill commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cotton Hill is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cotton Hill are

1,259 jobs are based in Cotton Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cotton Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cotton Hill

1,259 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities37%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Cotton Hill residents hold

1,854 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month42%
−18%

Jobs based in Cotton Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,531 → 1,259. 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.

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