Work & commute · Ellsinore

Work & commute in Ellsinore, MO

Most working residents leave Ellsinore for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Poplar Bluff (16%), Van Buren (4%) and Campbell (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 122 Ellsinore residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellsinore.

122live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellsinore goes to work

Poplar Bluff21.9 mi away

16%22

Ellsinore (in town)right here

9%12

Van Buren15.4 mi away

4%6

Campbell48 mi away

2%3

Cape Girardeau70.5 mi away

2%3

Springfield141.5 mi away

2%3

Grandin8.1 mi away

1%2

Doniphan21.8 mi away

1%2

Jefferson City137.2 mi away

1%2

Chesterfield119.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%77

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

How far

How far Ellsinore commutes

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

20%

37%

14%

29%

20%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellsinore is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellsinore are

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

Jobs based in Ellsinore

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ellsinore residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−8%

Jobs based in Ellsinore, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 253. 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.