Work & commute · Iron Mountain Lake

Work & commute in Iron Mountain Lake, MO

Most working residents leave Iron Mountain Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (20%), Bismarck (6%) and Park Hills (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 230 Iron Mountain Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iron Mountain Lake.

230live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iron Mountain Lake goes to work

Farmington12.4 mi away

20%46

Bismarck5.3 mi away

6%14

Park Hills10.9 mi away

6%14

Ironton6.6 mi away

2%5

Potosi18.8 mi away

2%5

Clayton67.8 mi away

2%5

Crystal City38.9 mi away

2%4

Pevely43 mi away

2%4

Olivette69.1 mi away

1%3

Bonne Terre16.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%129

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

How far

How far Iron Mountain Lake commutes

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

13%

39%

12%

36%

13%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iron Mountain Lake is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iron Mountain Lake are

14 jobs are based in Iron Mountain Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Iron Mountain Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Iron Mountain Lake

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less64%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Iron Mountain Lake residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+56%

Jobs based in Iron Mountain Lake, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 14. 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.