Lake Viking has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Hardly any work in Lake Viking itself; outside it, Kansas City draws the most (10%, 61 miles). 61 jobs are based in Lake Viking, and 165 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Viking quiets down on a workday
On a workday 165 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Lake Viking 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.
Where Lake Viking goes to work
Where Lake Viking clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Lake Viking
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Viking, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 61. 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 Viking’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Lake Viking’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Viking workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 123 commuters (the 14% 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 Lake Viking goes to work
About 42% 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.
Lake Viking and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Viking workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Viking | – | — | — | 31 min | $74,250 |
| Altamont | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Altamont and Jefferson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Viking’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 Lake Viking: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Viking?
$74,250 (±$25,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Viking?
7.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Viking?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Viking work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (10%, 61 mi), St. Joseph (7%, 42 mi), Bethany (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake Viking without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Viking, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Viking
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.