Most of Charlack commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Charlack are C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Charlack has 287 jobs, against 564 working residents. Measured by household income, Charlack is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Charlack apart
Most Charlack residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
A lot of Charlack works from home
21% of Charlack 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 564 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Charlack: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Charlack is better than 43% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Charlack’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($54,792, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.5%) is left out: Charlack’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Charlack could be anywhere from C to A.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Charlack
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.
From Charlack, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Charlack workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 489 commuters (the 20% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Charlack
On a workday 564 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Charlack on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
20% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Charlack 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.
Charlack makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charlack, 2013 → 2023: 371 → 287. 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 Charlack’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Charlack
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Charlack is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% 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 615 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 8.0% of Charlack households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Charlack’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Charlack is 1,971st among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,969 | Tunnel Hill GA | 1,004 | $57K | 8.3% | 4.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,970 | Harbor Springs MI | 1,255 | $75K | 7.3% | 4.0% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,971 | Charlack MO | 1,275 | $55K | 17.0% | 7.5% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,972 | Jackson Township IN | 1,497 | $74K | 7.0% | 4.3% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,973 | Morse Township MN | 1,178 | $81K | 5.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Charlack, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Charlack
The biggest share goes to Overland (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Charlack workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlack | – | C+ | A− | 23 min | $54,792 |
| Sycamore Hills | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Overland | 3% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $61,773 |
| St. John | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $53,755 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sycamore Hills: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Charlack’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 Charlack: questions
What is the median household income in Charlack?
$54,792 (±$18,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Charlack?
17.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Charlack?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Charlack work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (20%, 7 mi), Maryland Heights (11%, 7 mi), Bridgeton (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Charlack walkable?
Charlack is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Charlack without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Charlack, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charlack
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.