Most of Leisure Lake commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
2 jobs are based in Leisure Lake; 67 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Leisure Lake itself; outside it, Trenton draws the most (33%, 7 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Leisure Lake, and who commutes in
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Leisure Lake on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Leisure Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Leisure Lake clocks in
33% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Leisure Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leisure Lake, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 2. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leisure Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leisure Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 122 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Leisure Lake commutes
About 32% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Leisure Lake
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leisure Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leisure Lake | – | — | — | 33 min | $16,817 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Taylor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leisure Lake’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 2024, 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 Leisure Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Leisure Lake?
$16,817 (±$4,919) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leisure Lake?
49.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leisure Lake?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leisure Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (33%, 7 mi), Chillicothe (9%, 24 mi), St. Joseph (6%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Leisure Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leisure Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leisure Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.