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Work & commute · Freeborn

Work & commute in Freeborn, MO

Most working residents leave Freeborn for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Kennett (15%), Clarkton (11%) and Malden (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
12%
60 of 512 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 452 Freeborn residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 503 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeborn.

452live here, work elsewhere
60live and work here
503work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Freeborn goes to work

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1
Kennett14.5 mi away
15%75
2
Clarkton1.2 mi away
11%55
3
Malden10.8 mi away
5%27
4
Poplar Bluff32.4 mi away
5%24
5
Sikeston37.6 mi away
3%13
6
Campbell6 mi away
2%12
7
Portageville16 mi away
2%12
8
Paragould, AR39.8 mi away
2%11
9
Holcomb3.6 mi away
2%11
10
Caruthersville25.5 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%261

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

How far

How far Freeborn commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Freeborn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeborn are

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

Jobs based in Freeborn

563 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)87%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Freeborn residents hold

512 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month47%
+19%

Jobs based in Freeborn, 2013 → 2023: 475 → 563. 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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