Work & commute · Lowry

Work & commute in Lowry, MO

Most working residents leave Lowry for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Appleton City (15%), Clinton (12%) and Butler (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 213 Lowry residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowry.

213live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowry goes to work

Appleton City16.9 mi away

15%32

Clinton16.1 mi away

12%26

Butler34.3 mi away

5%10

Osceola6.9 mi away

4%9

Springfield69.5 mi away

4%9

Montrose16.1 mi away

4%8

Lowry City (in town)right here

3%7

Bolivar40.7 mi away

3%6

Jefferson City89.1 mi away

2%5

Kansas City81.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%103

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

How far

How far Lowry commutes

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

11%

34%

20%

35%

11%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowry is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowry are

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

Jobs based in Lowry

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Lowry residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−22%

Jobs based in Lowry, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 142. 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.