Households in LaBarque Creek have higher incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
27% of workers work from home (Missouri 13%). Below the poverty line: 1.1% of residents, where Missouri as a whole has 12.6%. LaBarque Creek grades A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in LaBarque Creek
LaBarque Creek is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in LaBarque Creek, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday LaBarque Creek has about 690 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
LaBarque Creek’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside LaBarque Creek is St. Louis, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (110) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
LaBarque Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical 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 826 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How LaBarque Creek earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, LaBarque Creek is better than 98% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: LaBarque Creek’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, LaBarque Creek could be anywhere from A to A+.
A workday in LaBarque Creek: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 824 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in LaBarque Creek on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from LaBarque Creek
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.
A commute of about 37 minutes in LaBarque Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of LaBarque Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 562 commuters (the 27% 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.
13% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where LaBarque Creek clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 50% of LaBarque Creek’s jobs are in goods
58 jobs are based in LaBarque Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in LaBarque Creek, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 58. 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 LaBarque Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of LaBarque Creek, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, LaBarque Creek is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 766 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of LaBarque Creek households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of LaBarque Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
LaBarque Creek places 105th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Coldstream KY | 1,325 | $109K | 2.8% | 0.8% | <1% | A+ |
| 104 | Arden on the Severn MD | 1,761 | $125K | 0.0% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 105 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| 106 | Myersville MD | 1,885 | $150K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 107 | Newlin Township PA | 1,361 | $160K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 LaBarque Creek, 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 LaBarque Creek: questions
What is the median household income in LaBarque Creek?
$133,083 (±$38,564) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in LaBarque Creek?
1.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from LaBarque Creek?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in LaBarque Creek work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (13%, 28 mi), Chesterfield (5%, 18 mi), Eureka (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is LaBarque Creek walkable?
LaBarque Creek is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around LaBarque Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from LaBarque Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of LaBarque Creek
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.