Work & commute · Cuba

Work & commute in Cuba, MO

About one in 4 of Cuba’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sullivan (7%), Rolla (7%) and St. James (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
28%
373 of 1,348 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 975 Cuba residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 1,929 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cuba.

975live here, work elsewhere
373live and work here
1,929work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cuba goes to work

LeasburgBourbonSteelvilleOwensvilleCubaSt. JamesSullivanWashingtonRollaJefferson CitySpringfieldSt. LouisColumbiaIndian LakeSullivanRollaSt. JamesSteelvilleJefferson CityOwensvilleWashingtonColumbiaSpringfieldCuba
1
Cuba (in town)right here
28%373
2
Sullivan16.6 mi away
7%89
3
Rolla21.1 mi away
7%88
4
St. James12.2 mi away
4%48
5
Steelville7.3 mi away
3%47
6
Jefferson City54.2 mi away
2%26
7
Owensville20.1 mi away
2%23
8
Washington39.6 mi away
2%23
9
Columbia78.6 mi away
2%23
10
Springfield119.5 mi away
2%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%587

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

How far

How far Cuba commutes

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

39%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cuba is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cuba are

2,302 jobs are based in Cuba. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cuba’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cuba

2,302 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Cuba residents hold

1,348 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month42%
−0%

Jobs based in Cuba, 2013 → 2023: 2,307 → 2,302. 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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