Work & commute · Farmington

Work & commute in Farmington, MO

About one in 3 of Farmington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Park Hills (4%), St. Louis (4%) and Cape Girardeau (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

2,266 of 6,432 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,166 Farmington residents head out of town to work, 2,266 work right here, and 9,730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmington.

4,166live here, work elsewhere

2,266live and work here

9,730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmington goes to work

Farmington (in town)right here

35%2,266

Park Hills4.5 mi away

4%288

St. Louis59.8 mi away

4%231

Cape Girardeau57.7 mi away

2%154

Bonne Terre11.5 mi away

2%127

Fredericktown16.6 mi away

2%122

Clayton59.8 mi away

1%72

Potosi21.7 mi away

1%70

Ste. Genevieve24.3 mi away

1%67

Fenton51.6 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,975

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

How far

How far Farmington commutes

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

45%

12%

35%

45%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmington is a job hub

1.87jobs 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 Farmington are

11,996 jobs are based in Farmington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farmington

11,996 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Farmington residents hold

6,432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−3%

Jobs based in Farmington, 2013 → 2023: 12,418 → 11,996. 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.