Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Brooklyn Heights
Hardly any work in Brooklyn Heights; the top destination outside it is Joplin (28%, 9 miles). For 33% of workers, the job is at home (Missouri 13%). The average commute takes 16 minutes each way, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Brooklyn Heights by day
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 57 people are in Brooklyn Heights on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 Brooklyn Heights’ working residents head each day
Where Brooklyn Heights clocks in
28% 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.
The daily trip from Brooklyn Heights: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooklyn Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 commuters (the 33% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brooklyn Heights
About 28% 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.
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 Brooklyn Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Brooklyn Heights?
$73,750 (±$27,001) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooklyn Heights?
1.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooklyn Heights?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooklyn Heights work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joplin (28%, 9 mi), Carthage (12%, 4 mi), Webb City (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brooklyn Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooklyn Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooklyn Heights
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.