Work & commute · Shakertowne

Work & commute in Shakertowne, MO

Most working residents leave Shakertowne for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Perryville (39%), Cape Girardeau (6%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 285 Shakertowne residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shakertowne.

285live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shakertowne goes to work

Perryville2.3 mi away

39%112

Cape Girardeau31.5 mi away

6%18

St. Louis68.2 mi away

5%14

Farmington31.2 mi away

2%6

Ste. Genevieve21.8 mi away

2%5

Chester, IL16.2 mi away

1%4

Altenburg16 mi away

1%3

Clayton70.3 mi away

1%3

Jackson24.6 mi away

1%3

Jefferson City139.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%115

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

How far

How far Shakertowne commutes

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

46%

13%

14%

27%

46%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shakertowne is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shakertowne are

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

Jobs based in Shakertowne

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Shakertowne residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+5%

Jobs based in Shakertowne, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 39. 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.