Work & commute · Piedmont

Work & commute in Piedmont, MO

About one in 4 of Piedmont’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Poplar Bluff (7%), Greenville (4%) and Cape Girardeau (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

178 of 646 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 468 Piedmont residents head out of town to work, 178 work right here, and 582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piedmont.

468live here, work elsewhere

178live and work here

582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piedmont goes to work

Piedmont (in town)right here

28%178

Poplar Bluff30.9 mi away

7%46

Greenville13.7 mi away

4%28

Cape Girardeau63.5 mi away

3%19

Farmington46.1 mi away

2%11

Kennett72.4 mi away

2%10

Springfield143 mi away

1%9

Dexter47.4 mi away

1%8

St. Louis105.5 mi away

1%8

Jefferson City126.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%322

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

How far

How far Piedmont commutes

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

41%

18%

31%

41%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piedmont 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 Piedmont are

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

Jobs based in Piedmont

760 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Piedmont residents hold

646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−15%

Jobs based in Piedmont, 2013 → 2023: 896 → 760. 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.