Work & commute · Sikeston

Work & commute in Sikeston, MO

44% of Sikeston’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (6%), Miner (4%) and Dexter (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

2,855 of 6,490 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 3,635 Sikeston residents head out of town to work, 2,855 work right here, and 7,735 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sikeston.

3,635live here, work elsewhere

2,855live and work here

7,735work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sikeston goes to work

Sikeston (in town)right here

44%2,855

Cape Girardeau29.5 mi away

6%395

Miner3.2 mi away

4%279

Dexter21.7 mi away

3%183

Matthews8.8 mi away

2%157

New Madrid20.6 mi away

2%131

Poplar Bluff46.5 mi away

2%113

Charleston14.2 mi away

1%74

Caruthersville48.7 mi away

1%69

Scott City23.7 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,167

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

How far

How far Sikeston commutes

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

57%

13%

14%

16%

57%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sikeston is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sikeston are

10,590 jobs are based in Sikeston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sikeston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sikeston

10,590 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sikeston residents hold

6,490 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+3%

Jobs based in Sikeston, 2013 → 2023: 10,325 → 10,590. 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.