Chillicothe Commercial Historic District · Photo: John Zupez · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Chillicothe trail those of 82% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Missouri 13%). Poverty touches 16.8% of residents (Missouri 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Chillicothe C−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chillicothe: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Chillicothe are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Chillicothe
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chillicothe is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #177 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Chillicothe’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($54,493, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chillicothe could be anywhere from D to C+.
How far it is to work from Chillicothe
About 38% 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.
Time on the road from Chillicothe: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chillicothe workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,365 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.
Chillicothe on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,039 residents head out to work, 1,680 work right here, and 3,696 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Chillicothe on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Kansas City
Where Chillicothe clocks in
7% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
What Chillicothe’s employers do
5,376 jobs are based in Chillicothe.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chillicothe, 2013 → 2023: 5,280 → 5,376. 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 Chillicothe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Chillicothe, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chillicothe is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #118 of 247 in Missouri. 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 3,544 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). 7.1% of Chillicothe households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Chillicothe’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,415th of 2,855: where Chillicothe ranks among U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,413 | Anaconda-Deer Lodge County MT | 9,709 | $58K | 16.3% | 3.4% | 41% | C− |
| 2,414 | Roosevelt UT | 7,032 | $76K | 15.9% | 6.1% | 37% | C− |
| 2,415 | Chillicothe MO | 9,114 | $54K | 16.8% | 3.6% | 45% | C− |
| 2,416 | Edwards CO | 10,785 | $82K | 12.5% | 10.3% | 18% | C− |
| 2,417 | Batesville AR | 11,860 | $52K | 26.3% | 3.4% | 53% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Chillicothe, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
The towns around Chillicothe
The biggest share goes to Chillicothe Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chillicothe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chillicothe | – | C− | B | 18 min | $54,493 |
| Chillicothe Township | 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Rich Hill Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 14 min | $99,028 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chillicothe Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chillicothe’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 Chillicothe: questions
What is the median household income in Chillicothe?
$54,493 (±$5,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chillicothe?
16.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chillicothe?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chillicothe work?
45% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (7%, 71 mi), St. Joseph (3%, 68 mi), Trenton (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chillicothe walkable?
Chillicothe is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chillicothe without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chillicothe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chillicothe
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.