La Font township Missouri Income Charts

This section shows the economic outlook and local economy using the most recent economic data from the 2019 Census Bureau. Starting with Figure 1 which shows the median earnings per worker. La Font township shows it has $36,500 median earnings which is the 3d most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest median earnings in the area is Marston with an earnings of $38,281 is only about 4.9% larger. Comparing median earnings to the United States average of $47,712, La Font township measures approximately three-fourths the size. Also, measured against the state of Missouri, median earnings of $42,474, La Font township is about 16.4% smaller.

In Figure 2 we see a more complete view of income which includes all members in a household using the median household income and it has $29,519 median income which is the 3d most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest median income in the area is Le Sieur township with an income of $49,464 is 67.6% larger. Comparing median income to the United States average of $60,293, La Font township is approximately half the size. Also, compared to the state of Missouri, median income of $53,560, La Font township compares as approximately half the size.

Figure 5 has the Average number of hours worked in a typical work week during the year, it has 39.5 average hours which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest average hours in the area is Portageville with an average hours of 40.1 is only slightly larger. Dividing median annual worker earnings by the average number of hours worked in a year in Figure 6 shows that it has $17.77 average hourly earnings which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest average hourly earnings in the area is Marston with an average hourly earnings of $21.03 is 18.4% larger. Comparing average hourly earnings to the United States average of $23.71, La Font township is approximately three-fourths the size. Also, measured against the state of Missouri, average hourly earnings of $21.05, La Font township measures about 18.5% smaller.

Figure 7 examines the number of self employed people in the area based on the number of people who reported any self employment income. La Font township shows it has 1.4% Self Employed which is the 4th ranked in Self Employed out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest Self Employed in the area is Lilbourn with a Self Employed of 6.9% is approximately 4.8 times bigger.

Turning our attention to Figure 8, the median household income by age group, it has the largest proportion of Median Income-25 to 44 years at $40,956 of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart (Figure 11) shows the percentage of households that had retirement income over the last 12 months and it has 18.1% households with retirement income which is at the top of all other placesin the area.

Figure 13 shows the cost of living for a variety of cost components from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. La Font township indicates it has hightest cost of 96.7 for cost of miscellaneous items.

La Font township Missouri Labor Force Charts

The next two charts look at very recent, monthly trended employment related performance using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS tracks unemployment statistics for a large number of areas throughout the country on a month to month basis. However, not every location in the U.S. is tracked by the BLS so the chart will only show the closest location available (which may be the same location.) Figure 14 shows the monthly unemployment rate for the area as well as a comparison to the overall measure for the United States. It shows that from January 2010 to November 2019 the Monthly Unemployment Rate went from 7.4% to 2.7%. This represents a decrease in the Monthly Unemployment Rate of 63.5%. In Figure 15 the monthly labor force participation which are people actively looking for work are also defined as unemployed but do not include people who have given up looking for work. The participation level It shows that from January 2010 to November 2019 the Monthly Labor Force Participation went from 19,977 to 20,305. This represents an increase in the Monthly Labor Force Participation of very little.

The next two charts look at the annual unemployment rate and is based on the American Community survey. Figure 16 shows La Font township indicates it has 6.8% unemployment rate which is the 6th ranked in unemployment rate out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest unemployment rate in the area is Le Sieur township with a rate of 14.4% is about twice as large. Figure 17 shows the labor force participation using the estimated percentage of people either working or actively looking for work. La Font township shows it has 41.6% participation rate which is the 6th ranked in participation rate out of 10 total in the area.

The percentage of full-time workers are compared to the number of part-time workers in Figure 19. La Font township shows full time employees compares as approximately 3.2 times bigger than part time employees.

The next employment related data item is shown in Figure 21 which is the percentage of families with only a single earner. La Font township indicates it has 23.2% families with a single earner which is the 6th ranked in families with a single earner out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest families with a single earner in the area is Howardville with a single earners rate of 75.0% is approximately 3.2 times bigger. The percentage of families with no one working is depicted in Figure 22. La Font township indicates it has 52.5% families with no one working which is more than all other placesin the area.

La Font township Missouri Poverty Charts

The next section details information about poverty in the area. In Figure 23 the total number of people earning less than the poverty level are shown. La Font township indicates it has 95 total people earning less than the poverty level which is the 5th ranked in total people earning less than the poverty level out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest total people earning less than the poverty level in the area is Portageville with a total people earning less than the poverty level of 773 is considerably bigger.

In Figure 24 the percentage of people earning less than the poverty level is shown and compared across the group of places. La Font township indicates it has 16.1% percent of people earning less than the poverty level which is the 4th smallest percent of people earning less than the poverty level of all the other places in the area. The city with the highest percent of people earning less than the poverty level in the area is Howardville with a percent of people in poverty of 30.1% is about twice as large.

In Figure 25 people who are in poverty are broken out by age group. La Font township has the largest proportion of person in poverty 65+ years at 23% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart, Figure 26, shows the percentage of people in poverty by racial group. La Font township has the largest proportion of Black poverty rate at 94% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 29 looks at only those people who make less than the poverty level of income and breaks down there employment status. We see that La Font township has the largest proportion of people who are in poverty and not in Labor Force at 38.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Additionally, Figure 30 looks at the percentage of people who receive some form of public assistance including general assistance, temporary assistance or food stamps (i.e. SNAP.) We can see that La Font township shows it has 11.0% households with public assistance which is the 4th smallest households with public assistance of all the other places in the area. The city with the highest households with public assistance in the area is Howardville with a households with public assistance of 63.9% measures considerably bigger.

Figure 31 shows the "Gini Index of Income Inequality" with a range from zero (perfect equality) to one (perfect inequality). La Font township shows it has 37.7% the Gini Index which is the 6th ranked in the Gini Index out of 10 total in the area.

La Font township Missouri Work Commute Charts

In Figure 35 is shown a frequency distribution of the time that people leave for work. La Font township has the largest proportion of people who leave for work between 530 am to 6am at 23% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of people who leave for work between 6am to 630am at 24% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next graph in Figure 36 shows the average number of minutes that it takes for people to commute to work. La Font township has the largest proportion of people with commute time between 35 to 39 minutes at 21% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of people with commute time between 45 to 59 minutes at 22% of the total and is ranked #1.

The average commute time is shown in Figure 37. La Font township shows it has 29 average commute time which is ranked #1 of all placesin the area. Figure 38 shows the difference between male versus female commuting time and La Font township shows average commute time in minutes for men is 34.3% larger than average commute time in minutes for women. Figure 40 shows the total number of vehicles available for transportation and La Font township has the largest proportion of 2 vehicles available at 39% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 41 shows the percentage of people who both work and live in the same city (town or place.) La Font township indicates it has 41% people who both work and live in the same city which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest people who both work and live in the same city in the area is Portageville with a people who both work and live in the same city of 42% is only slightly larger. Comparing people who both work and live in the same city to the United States average of 42%, La Font township compares as about the same size. Also, measured against the state of Missouri, people who both work and live in the same city of 40%, La Font township is only slightly larger.

La Font township Missouri Jobs Charts

The next to charts break out the median earnings for major job categories for men and women. Figure 46 shows the median earnings of men for the job categories. La Font township shows it has hightest median earnings of $51,625 for Earnings-Production, transportation, material moving occupations.

La Font township Missouri Self Employment Charts

Figure 49 shows the number of people who are self employed in incorporated businesses by industry. La Font township shows it has hightest entrepreneurs of 100% for self employed in production, transportation, and material moving businesses.

Similar to the last chart is Figure 50 which shows the number of people who are self employed but in more detailed industry categories. La Font township shows it has hightest entrepreneurs of 100% for self employed in construction.