Work & commute · Queen

Work & commute in Queen, MO

Most working residents leave Queen for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Kirksville (19%), Greentop (6%) and Hannibal (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

21 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 145 Queen residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Queen.

145live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Queen goes to work

Kirksville14.8 mi away

19%31

Queen City (in town)right here

13%21

Greentop4.2 mi away

6%10

Hannibal78.5 mi away

5%8

Milan32.7 mi away

3%5

Centerville, IA27.2 mi away

2%4

Lancaster8.1 mi away

2%4

Jefferson City129.1 mi away

2%3

Columbia102 mi away

2%3

Quincy, IL70.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%75

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

How far

How far Queen commutes

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

26%

29%

11%

35%

26%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Queen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Queen are

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

Jobs based in Queen

228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Queen residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+812%

Jobs based in Queen, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 228. 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.