Work & commute · New Madrid

Work & commute in New Madrid, MO

About one in 4 of New Madrid’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sikeston (13%), Marston (5%) and Cape Girardeau (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

291 of 1,070 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 779 New Madrid residents head out of town to work, 291 work right here, and 974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Madrid.

779live here, work elsewhere

291live and work here

974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Madrid goes to work

New Madrid (in town)right here

27%291

Sikeston20.6 mi away

13%139

Marston5.7 mi away

5%55

Cape Girardeau49.9 mi away

4%44

Portageville13.6 mi away

3%37

Kennett36.5 mi away

2%21

Lilbourn3.4 mi away

2%17

Caruthersville28.7 mi away

2%17

Dexter26.9 mi away

1%16

Hayti26.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%421

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

How far

How far New Madrid commutes

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

38%

25%

15%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Madrid is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Madrid are

1,265 jobs are based in New Madrid. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Madrid’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Madrid

1,265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs New Madrid residents hold

1,070 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−12%

Jobs based in New Madrid, 2013 → 2023: 1,435 → 1,265. 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.