Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Earning a living in Laddonia
0% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%). Hardly any work in Laddonia; the top destination outside it is Mexico (31%, 14 miles). Working residents average 25 minutes each way; Missouri averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Laddonia
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Laddonia on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Where the trip to work from Laddonia ends
Where Laddonia clocks in
31% of workers
10% 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.
55% of the jobs in Laddonia make or build things
119 jobs are based in Laddonia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laddonia, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 119. 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 Laddonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Laddonia: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laddonia workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 209 commuters (the <1% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Laddonia
About 30% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Laddonia: questions
What is the median household income in Laddonia?
$53,309 (±$5,791) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laddonia?
15.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laddonia?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laddonia work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mexico (31%, 14 mi), Columbia (10%, 42 mi), Fulton (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Laddonia without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laddonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laddonia
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.