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Work & commute in Hornersville · A commuter town

93% of Hornersville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Hornersville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kennett (11%), Blytheville (7%) and Clay (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
7%
14 of 205 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
27 min
More than MO (24 min)
Work from home
2%
Less than MO (13%)
Jobs based here
72
A commuter town
Work out of state
42%
mostly Arkansas

What kind of work town is Hornersville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

11% of working residents work in Kennett

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

BurdetteGosnell: 4 residents work here (2%)Blytheville: 15 residents work here (7%)Paragould: 9 residents work here (4%)WardellCardwellHornersvilleSenath: 5 residents work here (2%)Kennett: 22 residents work here (11%)Poplar Bluff: 4 residents work here (2%)Sikeston: 5 residents work here (2%)Cape Girardeau: 5 residents work here (2%)Clay: 15 residents work here (7%)IndependenceSalemKennettBlythevilleClayParagouldSenathSikestonHornersville
1
Kennett14.3 mi away
11%22
2
Blytheville, AR13.9 mi away
7%15
3
Clay3.7 mi away
7%15
4
Hornersville (in town)right here
7%14
5
Paragould, AR22 mi away
4%9
6
Senath6.9 mi away
2%5
7
Sikeston65.3 mi away
2%5
8
Cape Girardeau93 mi away
2%5
9
Gosnell, AR9.8 mi away
2%4
10
Poplar Bluff52.6 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%107
The top trips

Where Hornersville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Hornersville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.

191live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
58work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night530
Workday400
530live here− 190head out to work+ 58come in to work= 400on a workday

About 400 people are in Hornersville on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.35jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Hornersville commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKennett: 11% · 14.3 miBlytheville: 7% · 13.9 miClay: 7% · 3.7 miParagould: 4% · 22 miSenath: 2% · 6.9 miSikeston: 2% · 65.3 miCape Girardeau: 2% · 93 miGosnell: 2% · 9.8 miPoplar Bluff: 2% · 52.6 miKennett 11%Blytheville 7%Clay 7%Paragould 4%Senath 2%Hornersville
HornersvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi41 residents
40%10–24 mi67 residents
7%25–50 mi12 residents
28%Over 50 mi47 residents

About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Hornersville makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in HornersvilleJobs Hornersville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms39%34%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices61%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less40%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%33%
Over $3,333 a month36%53%

Who does it

29 or younger22%22%
30 to 5454%50%
55 and older24%28%
−60%

Jobs based in Hornersville, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 72. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
209 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Hornersville27 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
2%

of Hornersville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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