Household incomes in Loch Lloyd are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.5% of residents, next to 12.6% across Missouri. The two grades for Loch Lloyd are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 30% of workers work from home; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Loch Lloyd at work: what stands out
Loch Lloyd is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Loch Lloyd, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Loch Lloyd has about 790 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Loch Lloyd works from home
30% of Loch Lloyd workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Loch Lloyd workers cross into Kansas
23% of Loch Lloyd workers work outside Missouri, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Overland Park (10%), Lenexa (4%) and Olathe (4%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Loch Lloyd’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Loch Lloyd is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Loch Lloyd’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Loch Lloyd’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Loch Lloyd stays A+.
Loch Lloyd quiets down on a workday
On a workday 403 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Loch Lloyd on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loch Lloyd workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 commuters (the 30% 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.
26% of working residents work in Kansas City
Where Loch Lloyd clocks in
26% of workers
8% 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 Loch Lloyd are in services
101 jobs are based in Loch Lloyd.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loch Lloyd, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 101. 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 Loch Lloyd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Loch Lloyd’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Loch Lloyd is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Loch Lloyd is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 374 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). 2.1% of Loch Lloyd households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Loch Lloyd’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Loch Lloyd comes 29th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| 29 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 30 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 31 | Ames Lake WA | 1,245 | $250K | 1.1% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Bel-Nor MO | 1,351 | $111K | 5.8% | 8.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Loch Lloyd, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Loch Lloyd
The biggest share goes to Belton (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loch Lloyd workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loch Lloyd | – | A+ | B− | 34 min | $183,958 |
| Belton | 8% | B | B | 25 min | $69,226 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loch Lloyd’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 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 Loch Lloyd: questions
What is the median household income in Loch Lloyd?
$183,958 (±$25,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loch Lloyd?
2.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loch Lloyd?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loch Lloyd work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (26%, 21 mi), Overland Park (10%, 7 mi), Belton (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Loch Lloyd walkable?
Loch Lloyd is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Loch Lloyd without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loch Lloyd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loch Lloyd
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.