Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY 4.0Linn has lower household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Linn for work; outside it, Jefferson City is the main destination (32%, 19 miles). 25.5% of residents live below the poverty line, where Missouri as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Linn D−; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Linn
Linn is where the jobs are
Linn has 975 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
One in three of Linn works in Jefferson City
184 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Jefferson City, 19 miles away. That’s twice as many as work in Linn itself. The commute map ↓
Linn has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Linn went from 712 in 2013 to 975 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
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 584 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Linn: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Linn is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Linn’s grade up (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($36,176, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.2%) is left out: Linn’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, Linn could be anywhere from D− to D.
The workday shuffle in and out of Linn
On a workday 488 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Linn on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Commuting in to Linn: where workers come from
Where Linn clocks in
32% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
The 975 jobs based in Linn
975 jobs are based in Linn.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linn, 2013 → 2023: 712 → 975. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Linn: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linn workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 478 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.
The distance from Linn to work
About 22% 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.
In Linn, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Linn is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Linn near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 525 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). 17.3% of Linn households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Linn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Linn next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,723 | Ordway CO | 1,053 | $55K | 18.6% | 3.5% | 16% | D− |
| 5,724 | Gordon GA | 1,720 | $47K | 23.9% | 1.6% | 8% | D− |
| 5,725 | Linn MO | 1,453 | $36K | 25.5% | 0.2% | 16% | D− |
| 5,726 | Wolcott NY | 1,558 | $43K | 20.8% | 4.3% | 6% | D− |
| 5,727 | Calhoun Falls SC | 1,779 | $39K | 16.6% | 2.5% | 5% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Linn, 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 Linn: questions
What is the median household income in Linn?
$36,176 (±$8,034) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linn?
25.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linn?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linn work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson City (32%, 19 mi), Columbia (3%, 42 mi), Owensville (3%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Linn walkable?
Linn is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Linn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Linn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linn
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.