Work & commute · Zalma

Work & commute in Zalma, MO

Most working residents leave Zalma for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (17%), Marble Hill (7%) and St. Louis (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 30 Zalma residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zalma.

30live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zalma goes to work

Cape Girardeau31 mi away

17%5

Marble Hill12.3 mi away

7%2

St. Louis103.5 mi away

7%2

Paducah, KY79.3 mi away

3%1

Puxico13.9 mi away

3%1

Bloomfield19.5 mi away

3%1

Scott City30.5 mi away

3%1

Creve Coeur106.8 mi away

3%1

Farmington48.1 mi away

3%1

Florissant115.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%14

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

How far

How far Zalma commutes

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

27%

43%

23%

7%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zalma is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zalma are

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

Jobs based in Zalma

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Zalma residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+200%

Jobs based in Zalma, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 6. 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.