Most of Lathrop commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Lathrop; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (24%, 33 miles). 501 jobs are based in Lathrop; 1,067 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Lathrop is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lathrop
Why Lathrop gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Lathrop’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lathrop could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Miles to work from Lathrop
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.
Lathrop quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,025 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Lathrop on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Lathrop’s working residents head each day
Where Lathrop clocks in
24% 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.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in Lathrop
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lathrop, 2013 → 2023: 478 → 501. 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 Lathrop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Lathrop
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lathrop workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,164 commuters (the 12% 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.
Most of Lathrop commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,327 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.3% of Lathrop households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lathrop’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lathrop is 2,320th among 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 46 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,318 | Branch Township PA | 1,762 | $79K | 8.5% | 5.4% | 1% | B− |
| 2,319 | North Industry OH | 1,767 | $56K | 11.0% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,320 | Lathrop MO | 2,253 | $67K | 14.3% | 2.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,321 | Schofield WI | 2,311 | $66K | 8.0% | 5.5% | 11% | B− |
| 2,322 | Pulaski Township MI | 1,879 | $77K | 8.1% | 2.3% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Lathrop, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Lathrop: questions
What is the median household income in Lathrop?
$67,178 (±$14,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lathrop?
14.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lathrop?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lathrop work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (24%, 33 mi), Liberty (7%, 23 mi), Claycomo (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lathrop walkable?
Lathrop is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lathrop without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lathrop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lathrop
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.