Work & commute · Fisk

Work & commute in Fisk, MO

Most working residents leave Fisk for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Poplar Bluff (35%), Dudley (5%) and Dexter (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 Fisk residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fisk.

106live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fisk goes to work

Poplar Bluff11.5 mi away

35%38

Dudley6.4 mi away

5%5

Dexter13.6 mi away

4%4

Cape Girardeau51.1 mi away

4%4

St. Louis128.1 mi away

4%4

Puxico11.9 mi away

3%3

Broseley7.7 mi away

3%3

Fisk (in town)right here

2%2

Kennett38.5 mi away

2%2

New Lisbon16.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%41

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

How far

How far Fisk commutes

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

12%

52%

29%

12%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fisk is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fisk are

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

Jobs based in Fisk

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Fisk residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−12%

Jobs based in Fisk, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 99. 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.