Photo: Photo taken by Marcusscotus1. · Public domainCedar Hill has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
23% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Missouri. There are 283 jobs in Cedar Hill; 857 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Cedar Hill is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Cedar Hill: the gist
Cedar Hill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cedar Hill is St. Louis, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (74) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Cedar Hill works from home
23% of Cedar Hill workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Time on the road ↓
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 857 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Cedar Hill
Job access by car holds Cedar Hill’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Cedar Hill’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, Cedar Hill could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Miles to work from Cedar Hill
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.
About 28 minutes each way for Cedar Hill’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Hill workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 495 commuters (the 23% 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.
Who leaves Cedar Hill for work, and who comes in
On a workday 838 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Cedar Hill on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
9% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Cedar Hill clocks in
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Cedar Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Hill, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 283. 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 Cedar Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Cedar Hill is mostly behind the wheel
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 642 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Cedar Hill households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedar Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cedar Hill next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 2,641st of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,639 | Vinalhaven ME | 1,254 | $73K | 7.3% | 2.2% | 41% | C |
| 2,640 | West Park CA | 1,136 | $61K | 26.2% | 13.4% | 1% | C |
| 2,641 | Cedar Hill MO | 1,261 | $61K | 15.9% | 3.7% | 2% | C |
| 2,642 | Kissee Mills MO | 1,081 | $67K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,643 | Waverly IL | 1,142 | $56K | 7.9% | 4.9% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Cedar Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Cedar Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Hill?
$60,625 (±$5,975) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Hill?
15.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Hill?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (9%, 29 mi), Fenton (5%, 16 mi), Murphy (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Hill walkable?
Cedar Hill is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Hill
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.