Work & commute · Steele

Work & commute in Steele, MO

Most working residents leave Steele for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Blytheville (10%), Gosnell (5%) and Hayti (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

82 of 657 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 575 Steele residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steele.

575live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Steele goes to work

Steele (in town)right here

12%82

Blytheville, AR11.4 mi away

10%65

Gosnell, AR10.8 mi away

5%32

Hayti11.5 mi away

5%31

Caruthersville12.4 mi away

5%31

Paragould, AR36.3 mi away

2%16

Cooter4.4 mi away

2%15

Osceola, AR28.8 mi away

2%13

Kennett14.4 mi away

2%12

Sikeston56.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%348

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

How far

How far Steele commutes

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

22%

37%

12%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Steele is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Steele are

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

Jobs based in Steele

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Steele residents hold

657 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−28%

Jobs based in Steele, 2013 → 2023: 472 → 339. 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.