Photo: Roastedbeanz1 · CC BY 4.0There are 3.1 jobs in Linn Creek for every working resident, and 256 people commute in
Only 4% work in Linn Creek; the top destination outside it is Osage Beach (20%, 7 miles). Linn Creek has 259 jobs, and 83 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 5% of workers; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Linn Creek
On a workday 80 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 400 people are in Linn Creek on a workday afternoon, 79% more than live here.
3.1 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.
Where the people who work in Linn Creek live
Where Linn Creek clocks in
20% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
41% of the jobs in Linn Creek make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linn Creek, 2013 → 2023: 224 → 259. 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 Linn Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Linn Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linn Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Linn Creek
About 29% 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 Linn Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Linn Creek?
$64,375 (±$20,290) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linn Creek?
35.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linn Creek?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linn Creek work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osage Beach (20%, 7 mi), Camdenton (16%, 3 mi), Sunrise Beach (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Linn Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Linn Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linn Creek
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.