Photo: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of La Croft works elsewhere
89 jobs are based in La Croft, and 447 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where La Croft stands out on work
La Croft is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in La Croft, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Croft has about 560 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few La Croft workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from La Croft are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. 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 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in La Croft: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 447 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in La Croft on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Time on the road from La Croft: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Croft workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
11% of working residents work in East Liverpool
Where La Croft clocks in
11% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in La Croft: what the 89 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Croft, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 89. 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 La Croft’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from La Croft
About 23% 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.
Work next door: 11% of La Croft’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Croft workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Croft | – | — | — | 18 min | $50,054 |
| East Liverpool | 11% | D | B+ | 25 min | $34,009 |
| Glenmoor | under 3% | C | D | 34 min | $73,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to East Liverpool. Darker towns draw more of La Croft’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 La Croft: questions
What is the median household income in La Croft?
$50,054 (±$28,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Croft?
6.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Croft?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Croft work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Liverpool (11%, 2 mi), Calcutta (4%, 4 mi), St. Clair Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Croft without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Croft, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Croft
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.