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Work & commute · Memphis

Work & commute in Memphis, MO

About one in 3 of Memphis’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kirksville (5%), Centerville (3%) and Keosauqua (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
38%
276 of 736 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 460 Memphis residents head out of town to work, 276 work right here, and 489 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Memphis.

460live here, work elsewhere
276live and work here
489work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Memphis goes to work

QuincyKeosauquaBloomfieldCentervilleOttumwaSouth GorinDowningEdinaLancasterMemphisKahokaUnionvilleKirksvilleJefferson CityKansas CityColumbiaKirksvilleCentervilleKeosauquaColumbiaQuincyOttumwaKansas CityEdinaJefferson CityMemphis
1
Memphis (in town)right here
38%276
2
Kirksville28 mi away
5%37
3
Centerville, IA41.3 mi away
3%22
4
Keosauqua, IA21.9 mi away
3%21
5
Columbia104.9 mi away
2%17
6
Quincy, IL55.4 mi away
1%11
7
Ottumwa, IA41 mi away
1%11
8
Kansas City156.5 mi away
1%11
9
Edina20.2 mi away
1%9
10
Jefferson City130.8 mi away
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%312

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

How far

How far Memphis commutes

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

46%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Memphis is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Memphis are

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

Jobs based in Memphis

765 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Memphis residents hold

736 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+1%

Jobs based in Memphis, 2013 → 2023: 760 → 765. 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.

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