Work & commute · Junction

Work & commute in Junction, MO

Most working residents leave Junction for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fredericktown (22%), Farmington (14%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Junction residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Junction.

101live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Junction goes to work

Fredericktown0.9 mi away

22%22

Farmington16.2 mi away

14%14

St. Louis73.5 mi away

5%5

Cape Girardeau44.2 mi away

4%4

Marble Hill25.2 mi away

2%2

Union71 mi away

2%2

Town and Country73.9 mi away

2%2

Park Hills20.2 mi away

2%2

Shiloh, IL70.7 mi away

1%1

Mayfield, KY107.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%47

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

How far

How far Junction commutes

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

28%

23%

16%

34%

28%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Junction is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Junction are

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

Jobs based in Junction

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Junction residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−37%

Jobs based in Junction, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 73. 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.