Calverton Park has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
120 jobs are based in Calverton Park; 555 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Calverton Park B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Hardly any stay in Calverton Park for work; outside it, St. Louis is the main destination (15%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Calverton Park
Calverton Park and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Calverton Park residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Calverton Park come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Calverton Park is a place people come home to
There are 120 jobs based in Calverton Park, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Calverton Park has about 700 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 555 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Calverton Park’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Calverton Park is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Calverton Park’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (10.7%) is left out: Calverton Park’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Calverton Park could be anywhere from C to B+.
Out of Calverton Park to work: where people go
Where Calverton Park clocks in
15% of workers
5% 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.
Calverton Park by day and by night
On a workday 555 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Calverton Park on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Calverton Park works in goods: 45% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calverton Park, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 120. 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 Calverton Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Calverton Park: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calverton Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 587 commuters (the 9% 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 Calverton Park
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.
Getting around Calverton Park: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Calverton Park is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of 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 646 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 23% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 8.5% of Calverton Park households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Calverton Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Calverton Park ranks: 1,333rd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,331 | Ama LA | 1,483 | $73K | 17.7% | 2.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,332 | Midtown TN | 1,369 | $61K | 8.3% | 6.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,333 | Calverton Park MO | 1,134 | $68K | 21.0% | 10.7% | 0% | B− |
| 1,334 | Siletz OR | 1,213 | $87K | 5.5% | 8.0% | 10% | B− |
| 1,335 | Junction Township KS | 1,230 | $77K | 4.5% | 1.1% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Calverton Park, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Calverton Park and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Florissant (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calverton Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calverton Park | – | B− | B+ | 25 min | $68,021 |
| Ferguson | under 3% | C | A+ | 24 min | $47,524 |
| Florissant | 5% | B | A− | 26 min | $65,318 |
| Hazelwood | 4% | C | A− | 27 min | $55,908 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Calverton Park’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 Calverton Park: questions
What is the median household income in Calverton Park?
$68,021 (±$12,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calverton Park?
21.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calverton Park?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calverton Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (15%, 10 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 9 mi), Creve Coeur (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Calverton Park walkable?
Calverton Park is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Calverton Park without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 23% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calverton Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calverton Park
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.