Households in Castle Point earn less than those in 97% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 10.8 in St. Louis. Poverty touches 34.1% of residents; Missouri has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Castle Point C; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Castle Point, in a few figures
Castle Point is a place people come home to
There are 112 jobs based in Castle Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Castle Point has about 1,400 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Castle Point and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Castle Point residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Castle Point come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Castle Point workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Castle Point’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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.
How Castle Point earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Castle Point is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Castle Point’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (13.4%) is left out: Castle Point’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, Castle Point could be anywhere from C− to C.
Castle Point by day and by night
On a workday 1,067 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Castle Point on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.10 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.
20% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Castle Point clocks in
20% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Castle Point
112 jobs are based in Castle Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castle Point, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 112. 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 Castle Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Castle Point: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castle Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 687 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far it is to work from Castle Point
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.
Castle Point is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Castle Point is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% 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 793 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, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 5.9% of Castle Point households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Castle Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200, Castle Point comes 3,897th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 54 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,895 | Van Buren Township IN | 2,948 | $58K | 14.6% | 4.0% | 14% | C |
| 3,896 | Preston Heights IL | 2,449 | $52K | 22.8% | 7.2% | <1% | C |
| 3,897 | Castle Point MO | 2,340 | $38K | 34.1% | 13.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,898 | Limon CO | 2,021 | $66K | 8.1% | 1.7% | 32% | C |
| 3,899 | New Concord OH | 2,473 | $70K | 15.7% | 6.0% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Castle Point, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Castle Point
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Castle Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Point | – | C | A− | 23 min | $37,679 |
| Moline Acres | under 3% | C | A | 26 min | $55,132 |
| Bellefontaine Neighbors | under 3% | C | A | 27 min | $49,170 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Castle Point’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 Castle Point: questions
What is the median household income in Castle Point?
$37,679 (±$3,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castle Point?
34.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castle Point?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castle Point work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (20%, 8 mi), Maryland Heights (4%, 12 mi), Bridgeton (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Castle Point walkable?
Castle Point is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Castle Point without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castle Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castle Point
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.