Most of Locust Creek Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% stay in Locust Creek Township for work; outside it, Chillicothe is the main destination (22%, 22 miles). Locust Creek Township has 57 jobs for 190 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 20% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Locust Creek Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Locust Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Locust Creek Township’s working residents head each day
Where Locust Creek Township clocks in
Lines 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.
What Locust Creek Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Locust Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 57. 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 Locust Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Locust Creek Township, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Locust Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 173 commuters (the 20% 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.
Where in the region Locust Creek Township works
About 27% 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.
How Locust Creek Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Grantsville Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Locust Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Creek Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $66,719 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Grantsville Township | 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Clay Township | 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Brookfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Benton Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Yellow Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jefferson Township, Grantsville Township, Clay Township, Jackson Township, Benton Township and Yellow Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Brookfield Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Locust Creek Township’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 Locust Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Locust Creek Township?
$66,719 (±$18,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Locust Creek Township?
14.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Locust Creek Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Locust Creek Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (22%, 22 mi), Brookfield (12%, 7 mi), Meadville (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Locust Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Locust Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Locust Creek Township
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.