Lone Jack has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns. Lone Jack has 396 jobs; 764 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Lone Jack are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lone Jack in brief
Lone Jack’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lone Jack is Kansas City, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (206) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lone Jack workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lone Jack
69% of Lone Jack residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Lone Jack pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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 764 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Lone Jack’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Lone Jack is better than 91% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($121,389, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Lone Jack’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, Lone Jack could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Half of Lone Jack commutes less than 21 miles
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.
The trip to work from Lone Jack: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lone Jack workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 611 commuters (the 14% 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 kinds of work in Lone Jack
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lone Jack, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 396. 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 Lone Jack’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Lone Jack
On a workday 732 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 364 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Lone Jack on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
27% of working residents work in Kansas City
Where Lone Jack clocks in
27% of workers
4% 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 trips from Lone Jack start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lone Jack is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 709 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Lone Jack households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lone Jack’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lone Jack is 323rd of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 59 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 321 | Aberdeen IN | 1,490 | $95K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| 322 | Putnamville IN | 1,959 | $151K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1% | A |
| 323 | Lone Jack MO | 1,896 | $121K | 5.5% | 5.1% | 4% | A |
| 324 | Copper Canyon TX | 2,322 | $156K | 1.4% | 5.8% | <1% | A |
| 325 | Lake Kiowa TX | 2,476 | $126K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Lone Jack, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
How Lone Jack compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lone Jack workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Jack | – | A | C+ | 33 min | $121,389 |
| Lake Lotawana | under 2% | A | C | 28 min | $165,962 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lone Jack’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 Lone Jack: questions
What is the median household income in Lone Jack?
$121,389 (±$7,475) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lone Jack?
5.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lone Jack?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lone Jack work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (27%, 26 mi), Lee's Summit (18%, 11 mi), Independence (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lone Jack walkable?
Lone Jack is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lone Jack without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lone Jack, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lone Jack
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.