Work & commute · Desloge

Work & commute in Desloge, MO

Most working residents leave Desloge for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (22%), Park Hills (7%) and Bonne Terre (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 1,968 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,868 Desloge residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 1,000 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Desloge.

1,868live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

1,000work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Desloge goes to work

Farmington8.1 mi away

22%432

Park Hills4.3 mi away

7%136

Bonne Terre3.4 mi away

6%115

Desloge (in town)right here

5%100

St. Louis54.6 mi away

4%81

Potosi14.5 mi away

3%61

Cape Girardeau65.5 mi away

2%40

Fenton45.3 mi away

2%32

Leadington3.5 mi away

1%23

Fredericktown24.6 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%925

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

How far

How far Desloge commutes

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

46%

11%

15%

28%

46%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Desloge is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Desloge are

1,100 jobs are based in Desloge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Desloge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Desloge

1,100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Desloge residents hold

1,968 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−4%

Jobs based in Desloge, 2013 → 2023: 1,147 → 1,100. 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.