Work & commute · Matthews

Work & commute in Matthews, MO

Most working residents leave Matthews for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sikeston (38%), Cape Girardeau (7%) and New Madrid (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 164 Matthews residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matthews.

164live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matthews goes to work

Sikeston8.8 mi away

38%65

Cape Girardeau38.2 mi away

7%12

New Madrid11.8 mi away

5%8

Matthews (in town)right here

4%7

Miner10.4 mi away

4%6

Caruthersville40.1 mi away

3%5

Jackson43.3 mi away

3%5

Dexter22 mi away

2%4

Poplar Bluff46.9 mi away

2%4

Marston16.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%52

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

How far

How far Matthews commutes

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

46%

19%

16%

46%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matthews is a job hub

4.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Matthews are

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

Jobs based in Matthews

685 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Matthews residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+106%

Jobs based in Matthews, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 685. 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.