Work & commute · Dudley

Work & commute in Dudley, MO

Most working residents leave Dudley for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Puxico (18%), Dexter (12%) and Poplar Bluff (12%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 30 Dudley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 1,166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dudley.

30live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

1,166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dudley goes to work

Puxico11.7 mi away

18%6

Dexter7.1 mi away

12%4

Poplar Bluff17.9 mi away

12%4

Dudley (in town)right here

9%3

Bloomfield11.1 mi away

6%2

Sikeston28.6 mi away

6%2

Advance23.9 mi away

3%1

Portageville33.1 mi away

3%1

New Madrid33.1 mi away

3%1

Scott City42.8 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%8

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

How far

How far Dudley commutes

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

21%

39%

24%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dudley is a job hub

35.42jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dudley are

1,169 jobs are based in Dudley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dudley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dudley

1,169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Dudley residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+85%

Jobs based in Dudley, 2013 → 2023: 632 → 1,169. 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.