Jobs and earnings in Luray, and the trip to work
Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 41% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. Hardly any work in Luray itself; outside it, Keokuk draws the most (17%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Luray on a workday
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Luray on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Luray’s working residents head each day
Where Luray clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Luray’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Luray workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 commuters (the 41% 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 Luray
About 30% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Luray workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 45% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Luray: questions
What is the median household income in Luray?
$57,321 (±$17,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Luray?
33.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Luray?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 41% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Luray work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (17%, 26 mi), Kahoka (17%, 9 mi), Keosauqua (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Luray without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Luray, from the people who make the trip.
More of Luray
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.