Work & commute · Locust Creek

Work & commute in Locust Creek, MO

Most working residents leave Locust Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chillicothe (22%), Brookfield (12%) and Meadville (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 184 Locust Creek residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Locust Creek.

184live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Locust Creek goes to work

Chillicothe22.2 mi away

22%41

Brookfield7.4 mi away

12%23

Meadville10.4 mi away

6%12

Milan22.3 mi away

6%11

Linneus2.3 mi away

3%5

Clay7.9 mi away

2%4

Grantsville5.5 mi away

2%4

Purdin5 mi away

2%3

Marceline15.3 mi away

2%3

Macon36.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%81

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

How far

How far Locust Creek commutes

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

26%

36%

11%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Locust Creek is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Locust Creek are

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

Jobs based in Locust Creek

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Locust Creek residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+54%

Jobs based in Locust Creek, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 57. 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.