Work & commute · Duquesne

Work & commute in Duquesne, MO

Most working residents leave Duquesne for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (49%), Carthage (6%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 911 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 885 Duquesne residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duquesne.

885live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duquesne goes to work

Joplin2.5 mi away

49%450

Carthage9.1 mi away

6%58

Springfield64.7 mi away

6%52

Webb City4.9 mi away

4%34

Duquesne (in town)right here

3%26

Neosho16.2 mi away

1%13

Kansas City142 mi away

1%11

Pittsburg, KS27.1 mi away

1%8

Jefferson City161.9 mi away

1%8

Miami, OK26.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%243

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

How far

How far Duquesne commutes

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

66%

19%

66%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duquesne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Duquesne are

1,282 jobs are based in Duquesne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duquesne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duquesne

1,282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Duquesne residents hold

911 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+28%

Jobs based in Duquesne, 2013 → 2023: 1,001 → 1,282. 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.