Cotton Hill Township’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D−: better than 4% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #239 of 247 in Missouri.
Walkability B: more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns · #138 of 247 in Missouri.
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Missouri 24, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Cotton Hill Township; the top destination outside it is Malden (19%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cotton Hill Township, in brief
Cotton Hill Township and Malden trade workers both ways
Malden is the top workplace for Cotton Hill Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Cotton Hill Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Cotton Hill Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Cotton Hill Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Cotton Hill 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.
What’s behind Cotton Hill Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cotton Hill Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns, #239 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cotton Hill Township’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cotton Hill Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
19% of working residents work in Malden
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Cotton Hill Township clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,259 jobs in Cotton Hill Township are
1,259 jobs are based in Cotton Hill Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cotton Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cotton Hill Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,531 → 1,259. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the MO average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cotton Hill Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,736 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.
Cotton Hill Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,486 residents head out to work, 368 work right here, and 891 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Cotton Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Cotton Hill Township commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 23% 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.
Most trips from Cotton Hill Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cotton Hill Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #138 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 1,764 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). 6.9% of Cotton Hill Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cotton Hill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cotton Hill Township compares with U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cotton Hill Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,685 | Waverly TN | 4,430 | $44K | 16.2% | 14.1% | 18% | D− |
| 3,686 | Marlin TX | 5,599 | $36K | 26.7% | 14.2% | 13% | D− |
| 3,687 | Cotton Hill Township MO | 4,700 | $47K | 25.0% | 7.8% | 20% | D− |
| 3,688 | Leland MS | 3,555 | $37K | 29.3% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
| 3,689 | Salton City CA | 5,988 | $48K | 14.4% | 12.8% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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.
19% of Cotton Hill Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Malden (19%). Darker towns draw more of Cotton Hill Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cotton Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill Township | – | D− | B | 22 min | $47,096 |
| Union Township | under 3% | D | C− | 24 min | $50,938 |
| Freeborn Township | under 3% | D− | C | 31 min | $45,882 |
| Malden | 19% | D− | B+ | 22 min | $40,118 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $57,847 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Cotton Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cotton Hill Township?
$47,096 (±$9,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cotton Hill Township?
25.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cotton Hill 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 Cotton Hill Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malden (19%, 3 mi), Dexter (11%, 16 mi), Poplar Bluff (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cotton Hill Township walkable?
Cotton Hill Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cotton Hill Township without a car?
0% 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 Cotton Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cotton Hill 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.