Work & commute · Wardell

Work & commute in Wardell, MO

Most working residents leave Wardell for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hayti (11%), Kennett (10%) and Portageville (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 116 Wardell residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wardell.

116live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wardell goes to work

Hayti9.2 mi away

11%13

Kennett15.1 mi away

10%12

Portageville8.3 mi away

8%10

Caruthersville14.5 mi away

6%7

Sikeston38.7 mi away

6%7

Poplar Bluff43.6 mi away

4%5

Dexter31.4 mi away

3%4

Cape Girardeau67.5 mi away

3%4

Dell, AR36.4 mi away

2%2

Jonesboro, AR60.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%52

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

How far

How far Wardell commutes

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

28%

25%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wardell is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wardell are

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

Jobs based in Wardell

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wardell residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−9%

Jobs based in Wardell, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 40. 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.