Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Households in Leadwood earn less than those in 93% of U.S. towns
36.0% of residents are in poverty, against 12.6% across Missouri. Jobs and income earn Leadwood D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 1% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Leadwood, in brief
Leadwood is a place people come home to
There are 94 jobs based in Leadwood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leadwood has about 820 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Leadwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 429 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Leadwood
On income, poverty and job access, Leadwood is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Leadwood’s grade up (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Leadwood’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, Leadwood could be anywhere from D− to D.
Who leaves Leadwood for work, and who comes in
On a workday 425 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Leadwood on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Leadwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leadwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 commuters (the 1% 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.
Leadwood’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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.
21% of working residents work in Farmington
Where Leadwood clocks in
21% 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.
Most jobs in Leadwood are in services
94 jobs are based in Leadwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leadwood, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 94. 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 Leadwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Leadwood start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leadwood is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. 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 457 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). 5.1% of Leadwood households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leadwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Leadwood comes 3,844th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,842 | Oak Grove LA | 1,350 | $51K | 16.8% | 2.2% | 31% | D |
| 3,843 | Maysville MO | 1,071 | $44K | 18.4% | 2.2% | 16% | D |
| 3,844 | Leadwood MO | 1,158 | $45K | 36.0% | 2.7% | 1% | D |
| 3,845 | Panama OK | 1,314 | $47K | 29.0% | 6.2% | 2% | D |
| 3,846 | Dovesville SC | 1,120 | $32K | 52.9% | 5.0% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Leadwood, 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 Leadwood: questions
What is the median household income in Leadwood?
$44,783 (±$15,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leadwood?
36.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leadwood?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leadwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (21%, 10 mi), Park Hills (9%, 6 mi), St. Louis (6%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leadwood walkable?
Leadwood is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leadwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leadwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leadwood
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.