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Work & commute · Gideon

Work & commute in Gideon, MO

Most working residents leave Gideon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Portageville (6%), Risco (5%) and Malden (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
28 of 275 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 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 247 Gideon residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gideon.

247live here, work elsewhere
28live and work here
174work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Gideon goes to work

PiggottDudleyRiscoClarktonGideonPortagevilleHaytiNew MadridDexterKennettMaldenSikestonCape GirardeauUnionLibertyPortagevilleRiscoMaldenNew MadridDexterSikestonCape GirardeauHaytiDudleyGideon
1
Gideon (in town)right here
10%28
2
Portageville11.5 mi away
6%17
3
Risco8.9 mi away
5%14
4
Malden12 mi away
5%13
5
New Madrid22 mi away
4%12
6
Dexter24.3 mi away
4%12
7
Sikeston35.1 mi away
4%12
8
Cape Girardeau62.8 mi away
4%11
9
Hayti17.1 mi away
3%7
10
Dudley26 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%143

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

How far

How far Gideon commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
32%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Gideon is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gideon are

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

Jobs based in Gideon

202 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)89%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Gideon residents hold

275 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month52%
−50%

Jobs based in Gideon, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 202. 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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