Work & commute · Medicine

Work & commute in Medicine, MO

Most working residents leave Medicine for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Unionville (22%), Kirksville (10%) and Milan (8%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 49 Medicine residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medicine.

49live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medicine goes to work

Unionville14.9 mi away

22%11

Kirksville40.4 mi away

10%5

Milan17.5 mi away

8%4

Centerville, IA30 mi away

6%3

Jefferson City141.3 mi away

6%3

Columbia114.1 mi away

6%3

Quincy, IL106 mi away

2%1

Lineville, IA16.9 mi away

2%1

Bloomfield, IA50.5 mi away

2%1

Albia, IA48.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%17

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

How far

How far Medicine commutes

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

36%

24%

38%

2%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medicine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Medicine are

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

Jobs based in Medicine

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)94%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Medicine residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+364%

Jobs based in Medicine, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 51. 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.