Most of Castor Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Castor Township report 873 jobs, against 1,794 working residents. For jobs and income Castor Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Castor Township: the figures worth knowing
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Castor Township
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Castor Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Castor Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
23% of working residents work in Dexter
Where Castor Township clocks in
23% of workers
10% 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.
Castor Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,622 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 701 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Castor Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
A place that makes things: 32% of Castor Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castor Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,021 → 873. 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 Castor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Castor Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castor Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,941 commuters (the 5% 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 Castor Township goes to work
About 20% 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.
In Castor Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,038 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). 4.8% of Castor Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Castor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Castor Township is 3,310th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,308 | Atlanta TX | 5,478 | $60K | 21.1% | 5.9% | 28% | D |
| 3,309 | Mills WY | 4,634 | $51K | 15.0% | 8.1% | 8% | D |
| 3,310 | Castor Township MO | 4,651 | $57K | 14.2% | 6.5% | 10% | D |
| 3,311 | Champlain NY | 5,583 | $60K | 14.2% | 5.7% | 28% | D |
| 3,312 | Trenton MO | 5,557 | $50K | 18.1% | 4.1% | 36% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Castor Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
The towns around Castor Township
The biggest share goes to Pike Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Castor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castor Township | – | D | B− | 26 min | $57,125 |
| Pike Township | 3% | D | C+ | 28 min | $61,313 |
| Richland Township | 1% | D− | D | 20 min | $42,625 |
| New Lisbon Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Liberty Township | 3% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $57,847 |
| Duck Creek Township | under 2% | C | C | 22 min | $51,099 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Lisbon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Castor Township’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 Castor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Castor Township?
$57,125 (±$13,448) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castor Township?
14.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castor Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castor Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dexter (23%, 6 mi), Sikeston (10%, 20 mi), Poplar Bluff (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Castor Township walkable?
Castor Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Castor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castor Township
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.