Work & commute · Doniphan

Work & commute in Doniphan, MO

About one in 3 of Doniphan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Poplar Bluff (18%), Cape Girardeau (2%) and St. Louis (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

216 of 708 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 492 Doniphan residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 1,331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Doniphan.

492live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

1,331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Doniphan goes to work

Doniphan (in town)right here

31%216

Poplar Bluff24.6 mi away

18%130

Cape Girardeau84.3 mi away

2%12

St. Louis142.6 mi away

2%12

Dexter49 mi away

1%10

Sikeston70.7 mi away

1%10

Campbell42.4 mi away

1%8

Jefferson City153.4 mi away

1%8

Corning, AR19.6 mi away

1%7

Pocahontas, AR26.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%288

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

How far

How far Doniphan commutes

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

40%

25%

13%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Doniphan is a job hub

2.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Doniphan are

1,547 jobs are based in Doniphan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Doniphan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Doniphan

1,547 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Doniphan residents hold

708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−10%

Jobs based in Doniphan, 2013 → 2023: 1,726 → 1,547. 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.