Lakeshire has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Lakeshire report 43 jobs, and 744 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Lakeshire is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). Hardly any work in Lakeshire itself; outside it, St. Louis draws the most (25%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lakeshire apart
Lakeshire is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Lakeshire, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lakeshire has about 810 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Lakeshire residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Lakeshire’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Missouri average of 24. 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 744 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Lakeshire gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Lakeshire’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,115, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Lakeshire’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, Lakeshire could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Lakeshire
On a workday 744 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Lakeshire on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
How far it is to work from Lakeshire
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.
About 28 minutes to work from Lakeshire
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeshire workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 571 commuters (the 15% 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 people from Lakeshire work
Where Lakeshire clocks in
25% 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.
What Lakeshire’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeshire, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 43. 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 Lakeshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Lakeshire commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of 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 674 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 4.1% of Lakeshire households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lakeshire’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lakeshire places 1,333rd of 5,397 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,331 | Cornish NH | 1,646 | $92K | 4.7% | 4.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,332 | North Newton KS | 1,791 | $87K | 4.8% | 6.5% | 6% | B |
| 1,333 | Lakeshire MO | 1,510 | $62K | 9.9% | 1.5% | 0% | B |
| 1,334 | Rensselaerville NY | 1,871 | $90K | 0.8% | 5.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,335 | Jackson Township OH | 1,169 | $82K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Lakeshire, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Around Lakeshire: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Concord (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Lakeshire’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 Lakeshire: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeshire?
$62,115 (±$4,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeshire?
9.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeshire?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeshire work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (25%, 8 mi), Chesterfield (4%, 15 mi), Creve Coeur (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakeshire walkable?
Lakeshire is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeshire 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 Lakeshire, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeshire
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.