First Presbyterian Church · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLa Grange has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 7% stay in La Grange for work; outside it, Quincy is the main destination (26%, 10 miles). There are 150 jobs in La Grange, and 389 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set La Grange apart
A lot of La Grange workers cross into Illinois
39% of La Grange workers work outside Missouri, most of them in Illinois, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
La Grange and Quincy trade workers both ways
Quincy is the top workplace for La Grange residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in La Grange come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from La Grange are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 389 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from La Grange work
Where La Grange clocks in
26% of workers
8% 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.
About 16 minutes to work from La Grange
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Grange workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 478 commuters (the 6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of La Grange
On a workday 363 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in La Grange on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
What La Grange’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Grange, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 150. 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 Grange’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far La Grange’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
La Grange and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Grange workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange | – | — | — | 16 min | $58,456 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of La Grange’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Grange: questions
What is the median household income in La Grange?
$58,456 (±$12,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Grange?
14.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Grange?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Grange work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (26%, 10 mi), Ellington Township (8%, 11 mi), Canton (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Grange without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Grange, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Grange
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.