Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, MO

About one in 5 of Monroe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hannibal (13%), Columbia (5%) and Quincy (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

234 of 1,086 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 852 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

852live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

960work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Monroe City (in town)right here

22%234

Hannibal18.1 mi away

13%145

Columbia58.3 mi away

5%50

Quincy, IL26.9 mi away

3%37

Mexico34.8 mi away

3%34

Palmyra14.8 mi away

2%25

Jefferson City78.8 mi away

2%21

Paris19.3 mi away

2%19

Moberly40.9 mi away

2%17

Ellington, IL32.3 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%487

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

25%

29%

16%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

1,194 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

1,194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

1,086 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−14%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 1,387 → 1,194. 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.