Work & commute · Malden

Work & commute in Malden, MO

Most working residents leave Malden for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Dexter (12%), Poplar Bluff (6%) and Cape Girardeau (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

243 of 1,344 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,101 Malden residents head out of town to work, 243 work right here, and 927 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malden.

1,101live here, work elsewhere

243live and work here

927work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malden goes to work

Malden (in town)right here

18%243

Dexter13.4 mi away

12%164

Poplar Bluff25.7 mi away

6%80

Cape Girardeau54.6 mi away

4%53

Kennett25.1 mi away

4%49

Sikeston30 mi away

4%49

Marston22.5 mi away

3%34

Portageville20.4 mi away

2%33

Dudley14 mi away

2%31

Clarkton10.4 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%580

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

How far

How far Malden commutes

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

30%

17%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Malden are

1,170 jobs are based in Malden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Malden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Malden

1,170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Malden residents hold

1,344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−19%

Jobs based in Malden, 2013 → 2023: 1,440 → 1,170. 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.