Work & commute · Scott

Work & commute in Scott, MO

Most working residents leave Scott for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (41%), Sikeston (6%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

191 of 1,790 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,599 Scott residents head out of town to work, 191 work right here, and 1,437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scott.

1,599live here, work elsewhere

191live and work here

1,437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scott goes to work

Cape Girardeau6 mi away

41%736

Scott City (in town)right here

11%191

Sikeston23.7 mi away

6%106

Jackson12.5 mi away

5%87

Chaffee7.4 mi away

1%23

Poplar Bluff57.9 mi away

1%22

Dexter37.9 mi away

1%17

St. Louis104.8 mi away

1%17

Jefferson City171.1 mi away

1%12

Kennett73.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%568

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

How far

How far Scott commutes

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

59%

18%

59%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scott is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scott are

1,628 jobs are based in Scott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scott

1,628 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Scott residents hold

1,790 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+13%

Jobs based in Scott, 2013 → 2023: 1,444 → 1,628. 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.