With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Terre du Lac works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Terre du Lac B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. 106 jobs are based in Terre du Lac, and 976 of its residents work somewhere. 22% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Terre du Lac, in brief
Terre du Lac is a place people come home to
There are 106 jobs based in Terre du Lac, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Terre du Lac has about 1,600 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Terre du Lac workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Terre du Lac works from home
22% of Terre du Lac workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Time on the road ↓
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 976 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Terre du Lac’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Terre du Lac is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #107 of 247 in Missouri. The poverty rate holds Terre du Lac’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Terre du Lac could be anywhere from D to A.
Terre du Lac by day and by night
On a workday 944 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Terre du Lac on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Terre du Lac
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Terre du Lac workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 939 commuters (the 22% 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.
14% of working residents work in Farmington
Where Terre du Lac clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
What Terre du Lac’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Terre du Lac, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 106. 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 Terre du Lac’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Terre du Lac commutes less than 21 miles
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.
Most trips from Terre du Lac start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Terre du Lac is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #241 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,208 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). 1.3% of Terre du Lac households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Terre du Lac’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Terre du Lac ranks: 2,216th of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 48 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,214 | Fayetteville WV | 2,721 | $68K | 10.3% | 2.1% | 17% | B− |
| 2,215 | Lincoln Township MI | 2,134 | $73K | 7.0% | 2.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,216 | Terre du Lac MO | 2,516 | $86K | 6.4% | 4.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,217 | Zillah WA | 3,111 | $75K | 6.5% | 5.4% | 10% | B− |
| 2,218 | Auglaize Township OH | 2,831 | $82K | 3.2% | 7.3% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Terre du Lac, 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 Terre du Lac: questions
What is the median household income in Terre du Lac?
$86,019 (±$25,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Terre du Lac?
6.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Terre du Lac?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Terre du Lac work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (14%, 13 mi), Bonne Terre (10%, 4 mi), St. Louis (4%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Terre du Lac walkable?
Terre du Lac is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Terre du Lac 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 Terre du Lac, from the people who make the trip.
More of Terre du Lac
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.