Work & commute · Fairdealing

Work & commute in Fairdealing, MO

Most working residents leave Fairdealing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Poplar Bluff (33%), Doniphan (10%) and Cape Girardeau (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 201 Fairdealing residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairdealing.

201live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairdealing goes to work

Poplar Bluff12.6 mi away

33%67

Doniphan12.4 mi away

10%21

Cape Girardeau73 mi away

3%7

Ellsinore20.2 mi away

2%4

Kennett42.6 mi away

2%4

Dexter36.6 mi away

1%3

Maryland Heights142.1 mi away

1%3

Kansas City274.2 mi away

1%3

Jonesboro, AR58.4 mi away

1%2

Dudley29.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%87

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

How far

How far Fairdealing commutes

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

56%

27%

8%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairdealing is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairdealing are

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

Jobs based in Fairdealing

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less60%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Fairdealing residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−19%

Jobs based in Fairdealing, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 43. 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.