With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Allendale works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 13% across Missouri. There are 5 jobs in Allendale for 23 working residents. Hardly any stay in Allendale for work; outside it, Grant City is the main destination (17%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Allendale on a workday
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30 people are in Allendale on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The places Allendale commutes to
Where Allendale clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Allendale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allendale, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 5. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Allendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Allendale
of Allendale workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Allendale
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Allendale workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 17% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Allendale: questions
What is the median household income in Allendale?
$73,333 (±$35,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allendale?
10.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Allendale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grant City (17%, 7 mi), Albany (9%, 17 mi), Kansas City (9%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Allendale 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 Allendale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allendale
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.