City Township has lower household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 32.6% (Missouri 12.6%). City Township grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from City Township, in brief
City Township and Lamar trade workers both ways
Lamar is the top workplace for City Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in City Township come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
City Township trades workers with the towns around it
City Township has about as many jobs (2,008) as working residents (1,840), but they are mostly different people: 1,287 residents leave for work each day while 1,455 people come in. Only 28% of the jobs in City Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few City Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Where City Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, City Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #168 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds City Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($36,705, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, City Township could be anywhere from C− to C.
30% of working residents work in Lamar
Where City Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Who leaves City Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,287 residents head out to work, 553 work right here, and 1,455 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 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.
City Township’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of City Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,605 commuters (the 2% 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.
What work there is in City Township: 2,008 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in City Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,280 → 2,008. 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 City Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from City Township
About 30% 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.
Most of City Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, City Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #196 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 1,639 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). 13.9% of City Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of City Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
City Township next to U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,900: 3,171st of 4,136 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 240 | Weldon Spring MO | 5,301 | $159K | 0.7% | 4.2% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,169 | Brodhead WI | 3,214 | $50K | 14.9% | 5.2% | 19% | C |
| 3,170 | Bucksport ME | 5,066 | $65K | 6.7% | 11.5% | 15% | C |
| 3,171 | City Township MO | 4,337 | $37K | 32.6% | 0.0% | 30% | C |
| 3,172 | Roosevelt Gardens FL | 3,031 | $50K | 22.2% | 8.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,173 | St. James City FL | 3,412 | $69K | 9.7% | 9.1% | 21% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,136 | 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 City Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
32% of City Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Lamar (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | City Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Township | – | C | C+ | 22 min | $36,705 |
| Lamar | 30% | C | C+ | 22 min | $36,705 |
| Lamar Heights | 2% | — | — | 10 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lamar Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of City 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 City Township: questions
What is the median household income in City Township?
$36,705 (±$9,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in City Township?
32.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from City Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in City Township work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lamar (30%, 0 mi), Joplin (7%, 31 mi), Springfield (6%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is City Township walkable?
City Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around City Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from City Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of City 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.