Work & commute · Ironton

Work & commute in Ironton, MO

Most working residents leave Ironton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (8%), Pilot Knob (5%) and St. Louis (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

89 of 541 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 452 Ironton residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ironton.

452live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

646work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ironton goes to work

Ironton (in town)right here

16%89

Farmington17 mi away

8%45

Pilot Knob2 mi away

5%26

St. Louis74.8 mi away

3%17

Potosi24.7 mi away

3%16

Fredericktown18 mi away

3%16

Fenton65.2 mi away

3%14

Cape Girardeau62 mi away

2%10

Arcadia0.7 mi away

2%9

Viburnum28.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%292

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

How far

How far Ironton commutes

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

28%

24%

39%

28%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ironton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ironton are

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

Jobs based in Ironton

735 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ironton residents hold

541 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−27%

Jobs based in Ironton, 2013 → 2023: 1,007 → 735. 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.