Household incomes in Archie trail those of 60% of U.S. towns
Archie grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. The poverty rate is 5.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri. Only 5% work in Archie; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (20%, 46 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Archie apart on work
Archie’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Archie is better than 56% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Archie’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($68,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Archie’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Archie could be anywhere from C to A−.
How far Archie’s workers travel
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily commute in and out of Archie
On a workday 520 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Archie on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 people from Archie work
Where Archie clocks in
20% of workers
12% 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.
A place that makes things: 28% of Archie’s jobs are in goods
329 jobs are based in Archie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Archie, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 329. 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 Archie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Archie
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Archie workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 524 commuters (the 7% 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.
In Archie, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Archie is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. 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 563 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). 2.3% of Archie households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Archie’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Archie is 1,546th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,544 | Township 5 NE | 1,228 | $90K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,545 | Lake Don Pedro CA | 1,308 | $85K | 0.0% | 6.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,546 | Archie MO | 1,305 | $69K | 5.1% | 1.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,547 | Watertown TN | 1,691 | $68K | 7.3% | 5.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,548 | Darlington Township PA | 1,777 | $64K | 7.5% | 8.9% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Archie, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Around Archie: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Archie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie | – | B | C− | 28 min | $68,750 |
| Deer Creek Township | under 2% | C | C | 39 min | $72,262 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Archie’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 Archie: questions
What is the median household income in Archie?
$68,750 (±$17,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Archie?
5.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Archie?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Archie work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (20%, 46 mi), Harrisonville (12%, 12 mi), Lee's Summit (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Archie walkable?
Archie is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Archie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Archie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Archie
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.