Most of La Belle commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Missouri. There are 138 jobs in La Belle, and 245 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in La Belle; the top destination outside it is Quincy (14%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in La Belle: the gist
Half of La Belle commutes less than 31 miles
About 28% 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.
The daily commute in and out of La Belle
On a workday 229 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in La Belle on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 Belle’s working residents head each day
Where La Belle clocks in
14% of workers
4% 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.
What La Belle’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Belle, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 138. 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 La Belle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for La Belle’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Belle workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 246 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 Belle: questions
What is the median household income in La Belle?
$36,688 (±$11,027) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Belle?
42.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Belle?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Belle work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (14%, 31 mi), Ellington Township (9%, 33 mi), Canton (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Belle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Belle, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Belle
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.