Work & commute · Lake Timberline

Work & commute in Lake Timberline, MO

Most working residents leave Lake Timberline for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (12%), Bonne Terre (9%) and St. Louis (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 287 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 284 Lake Timberline residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Timberline.

284live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Timberline goes to work

Farmington16.3 mi away

12%34

Bonne Terre5.3 mi away

9%27

St. Louis47.1 mi away

6%18

Potosi13 mi away

3%9

De Soto9.9 mi away

3%8

Park Hills12.9 mi away

3%8

Oakville33.7 mi away

3%8

Crystal City18 mi away

2%6

Cape Girardeau72.1 mi away

2%6

Festus17.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%158

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

How far

How far Lake Timberline commutes

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

18%

27%

30%

24%

18%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Timberline is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Timberline are

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

Jobs based in Lake Timberline

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lake Timberline residents hold

287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−8%

Jobs based in Lake Timberline, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 23. 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.