Work & commute · Miner

Work & commute in Miner, MO

Most working residents leave Miner for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sikeston (48%), Cape Girardeau (5%) and Poplar Bluff (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 389 Miner residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miner.

389live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miner goes to work

Sikeston3.2 mi away

48%194

Cape Girardeau27.9 mi away

5%20

Miner (in town)right here

5%19

Poplar Bluff49.5 mi away

2%9

Matthews10.4 mi away

2%7

New Madrid22.1 mi away

1%6

Charleston11.2 mi away

1%4

Scott City22 mi away

1%4

Dexter24.9 mi away

1%4

Pike19.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%137

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

How far

How far Miner commutes

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

60%

10%

12%

17%

60%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miner is a job hub

2.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Miner are

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

Jobs based in Miner

951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Miner residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−16%

Jobs based in Miner, 2013 → 2023: 1,136 → 951. 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.