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Work & commute · Fortescue

Work & commute in Fortescue, MO

Most working residents leave Fortescue for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (22%), Pella (11%) and Hiawatha (11%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 9 working residents
Typical commute
35 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9 Fortescue residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fortescue.

9live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fortescue goes to work

PellaHiawathaFortescueOregonBurlington JunctionForest CityMound CityTrentonGladstoneSt. JosephKansas CityIndependenceSewardSt. JosephPellaHiawathaMound CityTrentonKansas CityIndependenceFortescue
1
St. Joseph33.2 mi away
22%2
2
Pella, IA156.6 mi away
11%1
3
Hiawatha, KS18.1 mi away
11%1
4
Mound City7.3 mi away
11%1
5
Trenton90.7 mi away
11%1
6
Kansas City76 mi away
11%1
7
Independence84.3 mi away
11%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
11%1

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

How far

How far Fortescue commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
44%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fortescue is a job hub

1.56jobs 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 Fortescue are

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

Jobs based in Fortescue

14 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month7%
Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Fortescue residents hold

9 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month33%
+600%

Jobs based in Fortescue, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 14. 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.

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