Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Leasburg has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26. 11 jobs are based in Leasburg for 121 working residents. Hardly any stay in Leasburg for work; outside it, Cuba is the main destination (13%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Leasburg
On a workday 121 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Leasburg on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Out of Leasburg to work: where people go
Where Leasburg clocks in
13% 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.
In Leasburg, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leasburg, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 11. 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 Leasburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Leasburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leasburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Leasburg
About 40% 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.
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 Leasburg: questions
What is the median household income in Leasburg?
$40,833 (±$9,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leasburg?
25.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leasburg?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leasburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cuba (13%, 6 mi), Sullivan (6%, 11 mi), Steelville (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leasburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leasburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leasburg
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.