La Prairie has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
La Prairie has 1 jobs; 26 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in La Prairie itself; outside it, Quincy draws the most (27%, 25 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in La Prairie, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15 people are in La Prairie on a workday afternoon, 63% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where La Prairie goes to work
Where La Prairie clocks in
27% of workers
23% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in La Prairie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in La Prairie
of La Prairie workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far La Prairie goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in La Prairie: questions
What is the median household income in La Prairie?
$83,333 (±$32,170) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Prairie?
4.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in La Prairie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (27%, 25 mi), Mount Sterling (23%, 17 mi), Camp Point (12%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Prairie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Prairie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.