Maryville has higher household incomes than 77% of U.S. towns
24% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). 2.7% of residents live below the poverty line, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. For jobs and income Maryville is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Maryville: the figures worth knowing
Maryville trades workers with the towns around it
Maryville has about as many jobs (3,849) as working residents (4,001), but they are mostly different people: 3,869 residents leave for work each day while 3,717 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Maryville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Maryville averages 29 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (24 to 26 minutes). Next door ↓
A lot of Maryville works from home
24% of Maryville workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Maryville is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Maryville
The poverty rate holds Maryville’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maryville could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
How many people are in Maryville by day
On a workday 3,869 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 3,717 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Maryville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maryville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,277 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Maryville, services account for most jobs
3,849 jobs are based in Maryville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maryville, 2014 → 2024: 3,079 → 3,849. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
12% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Maryville clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Miles to work from Maryville
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Maryville: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,334 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). 0.6% of Maryville households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maryville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,400, Maryville ranks 805th of 2,981 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 803 | Westbrook CT | 6,918 | $91K | 7.0% | 2.4% | 13% | A− |
| 804 | Mount Hope NY | 6,487 | $91K | 5.1% | 1.7% | 4% | A− |
| 805 | Maryville IL | 8,413 | $101K | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3% | A− |
| 806 | Roscoe IL | 11,034 | $93K | 5.5% | 3.5% | 3% | A− |
| 807 | Thornbury Township PA | 6,965 | $192K | 5.3% | 7.0% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Maryville, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
12% of Maryville works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Collinsville (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maryville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryville | – | A− | C | 29 min | $100,670 |
| Glen Carbon | 3% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $97,168 |
| Collinsville Township | under 3% | B | B− | 26 min | $77,785 |
| Edwardsville Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $92,712 |
| Troy | 3% | A | C | 26 min | $112,434 |
| Collinsville | 6% | B− | B | 24 min | $67,612 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maryville’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 2024, 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 Maryville: questions
What is the median household income in Maryville?
$100,670 (±$12,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maryville?
2.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maryville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maryville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (12%, 16 mi), Edwardsville (8%, 4 mi), Collinsville (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Maryville walkable?
Maryville is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maryville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maryville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maryville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.