La Monte has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in La Monte for work; outside it, Sedalia is the main destination (35%, 11 miles). Employers in La Monte report 179 jobs, and 407 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn La Monte C−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in La Monte: the gist
The figures behind La Monte’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, La Monte is better than 21% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides La Monte’s grade.
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: La Monte’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, La Monte could be anywhere from D to C+.
Where the trip to work from La Monte ends
Where La Monte clocks in
35% of workers
4% 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.
How a workday changes La Monte
On a workday 405 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in La Monte on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Monte’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Monte, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 179. 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 Monte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from La Monte
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Monte workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 509 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far it is to work from La Monte
About 25% 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.
Driving is how La Monte gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Monte is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 573 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of La Monte households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Monte’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, La Monte ranks 2,083rd of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bel-Nor MO | 1,351 | $111K | 5.8% | 8.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,081 | Dublin Township PA | 1,193 | $68K | 10.4% | 6.4% | 9% | C− |
| 2,082 | Langley SC | 1,310 | $54K | 27.9% | 10.5% | 1% | C− |
| 2,083 | La Monte MO | 1,018 | $66K | 16.3% | 4.5% | <1% | C− |
| 2,084 | Cape Charles VA | 1,314 | $74K | 13.2% | 2.9% | 18% | C− |
| 2,085 | Richmond Township PA | 1,329 | $69K | 15.0% | 3.6% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of La Monte, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Monte: questions
What is the median household income in La Monte?
$65,648 (±$8,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Monte?
16.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Monte?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Monte work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sedalia (35%, 11 mi), Kansas City (4%, 65 mi), Warrensburg (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is La Monte walkable?
La Monte is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Monte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Monte, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Monte
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.