Work & commute · Ellington

Work & commute in Ellington, MO

About one in 5 of Ellington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Poplar Bluff (6%), Piedmont (5%) and Farmington (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

50 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 191 Ellington residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellington.

191live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellington goes to work

Ellington (in town)right here

21%50

Poplar Bluff45 mi away

6%14

Piedmont16.4 mi away

5%12

Farmington48.1 mi away

3%7

Centerville13.8 mi away

2%6

St. Louis104.5 mi away

2%5

Doniphan43.2 mi away

1%3

West Plains60.2 mi away

1%3

Sikeston80.2 mi away

1%3

Jefferson City112.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%135

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

How far

How far Ellington commutes

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

31%

24%

19%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellington is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellington are

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

Jobs based in Ellington

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ellington residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−13%

Jobs based in Ellington, 2013 → 2023: 433 → 378. 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.