Work & commute · Risco

Work & commute in Risco, MO

Most working residents leave Risco for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gideon (12%), Sikeston (8%) and Portageville (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 91 Risco residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Risco.

91live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Risco goes to work

Gideon8.9 mi away

12%11

Sikeston26.3 mi away

8%7

Portageville10.7 mi away

7%6

Clarkton10.8 mi away

5%5

Kennett25 mi away

5%5

Poplar Bluff36.1 mi away

3%3

Cape Girardeau54.3 mi away

3%3

Marston12.1 mi away

2%2

Hayti22.4 mi away

2%2

Dexter18.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%46

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

How far

How far Risco commutes

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

18%

32%

25%

18%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Risco is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Risco are

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

Jobs based in Risco

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Risco residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+950%

Jobs based in Risco, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 63. 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.