Work & commute · Pocahontas

Work & commute in Pocahontas, MO

Most working residents leave Pocahontas for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (27%), Cape Girardeau (24%) and Perryville (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41 Pocahontas residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pocahontas.

41live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pocahontas goes to work

Jackson8.4 mi away

27%11

Cape Girardeau14 mi away

24%10

Perryville20.2 mi away

5%2

St. Louis85 mi away

5%2

Edwardsville, IL91.1 mi away

2%1

Oak Ridge4.9 mi away

2%1

Leadington51.4 mi away

2%1

Dexter52.1 mi away

2%1

Poplar Bluff66.5 mi away

2%1

Sikeston42.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%10

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

How far

How far Pocahontas commutes

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

39%

32%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pocahontas is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pocahontas are

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

Jobs based in Pocahontas

103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month2%

Over $3,333 a month98%

Jobs Pocahontas residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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.