There are 2.0 jobs in Lamar Heights for every working resident, and 147 people commute in
Commuters spend 10 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. 148 jobs are based in Lamar Heights for 73 working residents. 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Lamar Heights, and who commutes in
On a workday 72 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 250 people are in Lamar Heights on a workday afternoon, 44% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Lamar Heights, and from where
Where Lamar Heights clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lamar Heights, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 148. 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 Lamar Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Lamar Heights: about 10 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lamar Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 2% 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 in the region Lamar Heights works
About 39% 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.
Next door is work for 22% of Lamar Heights
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lamar Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Heights | – | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Lamar | 22% | C | C+ | 22 min | $36,705 |
| City Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 22 min | $36,705 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lamar. Darker towns draw more of Lamar Heights’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 Lamar Heights: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lamar Heights?
26.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lamar Heights?
10 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lamar Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lamar (22%, 1 mi), Springfield (11%, 59 mi), Joplin (10%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lamar Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lamar Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lamar Heights
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.