Lake Timberline has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
4% of workers work from home, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. There are 23 jobs in Lake Timberline; 287 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Lake Timberline for work; outside it, Farmington is the main destination (12%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lake Timberline apart
Lake Timberline is a place people come home to
There are 23 jobs based in Lake Timberline, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Timberline has about 550 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Timberline workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Lake Timberline workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Lake Timberline on a workday
On a workday 284 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Lake Timberline on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Lake Timberline’s commute takes about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Timberline workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where Lake Timberline goes to work
Where Lake Timberline clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
In Lake Timberline, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Timberline, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 23. 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 Lake Timberline’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Lake Timberline works
About 24% 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 Lake Timberline: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Timberline?
$23,125 (±$20,584) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Timberline?
32.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Timberline?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Timberline work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (12%, 16 mi), Bonne Terre (9%, 5 mi), St. Louis (6%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake Timberline without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Timberline, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Timberline
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.