Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Clarkson Valley’s
3.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.6% across Missouri. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The two grades for Clarkson Valley are A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Clarkson Valley in brief
Clarkson Valley trades workers with the towns around it
Clarkson Valley has about as many jobs (1,208) as working residents (1,163), but they are mostly different people: 1,149 residents leave for work each day while 1,194 people come in. Only 1% of the jobs in Clarkson Valley are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Clarkson Valley
37% of Clarkson Valley workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Clarkson Valley pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Clarkson Valley pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Clarkson Valley has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clarkson Valley went from 879 in 2013 to 1,208 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Clarkson Valley
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clarkson Valley is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #10 of 247 in Missouri. Household income is its strongest input ($247,000, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clarkson Valley could be anywhere from A to A+.
In and out of Clarkson Valley on a workday
On a workday 1,149 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 1,194 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 (1.04 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.
Getting to work from Clarkson Valley takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarkson Valley workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 674 commuters (the 37% 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.
74% of the jobs in Clarkson Valley pay over $3,333 a month
1,208 jobs are based in Clarkson Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarkson Valley, 2013 → 2023: 879 → 1,208. 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 Clarkson Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
13% of working residents work in Chesterfield
Where Clarkson Valley clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
How far it is to work from Clarkson Valley
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.
For most of Clarkson Valley, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clarkson Valley is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #213 of 247 in Missouri. 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 1,066 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). 0.9% of Clarkson Valley households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clarkson Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
83rd of 4,868: where Clarkson Valley ranks among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 48 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 82 | Kechi KS | 2,375 | $113K | 3.2% | 0.9% | <1% | A+ |
| 83 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 84 | Hopewell NJ | 1,944 | $145K | 3.9% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 85 | The Hills TX | 2,322 | $158K | 3.6% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Clarkson Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
15% of Clarkson Valley works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Chesterfield (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarkson Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson Valley | – | A+ | C | 22 min | $247,000 |
| Wildwood | under 2% | A+ | B− | 27 min | $161,060 |
| Chesterfield | 13% | A+ | B | 22 min | $133,037 |
| Ballwin | 2% | A | B− | 26 min | $124,626 |
| Ellisville | under 2% | A− | B | 28 min | $113,309 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarkson Valley’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 Clarkson Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Clarkson Valley?
$247,000 (±$26,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarkson Valley?
3.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarkson Valley?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarkson Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chesterfield (13%, 2 mi), St. Louis (11%, 19 mi), Creve Coeur (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clarkson Valley walkable?
Clarkson Valley is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clarkson Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarkson Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarkson Valley
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.