Cream Ridge Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Cream Ridge Township report 61 jobs, and 144 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Cream Ridge Township itself; outside it, Chillicothe draws the most (34%, 9 miles). Working residents average 19 minutes each way; Missouri averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cream Ridge Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Cream Ridge Township on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where people from Cream Ridge Township work
Where Cream Ridge Township clocks in
8% 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.
What Cream Ridge Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cream Ridge Township, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 61. 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 Cream Ridge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cream Ridge Township’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cream Ridge Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 214 commuters (the 18% 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 commute from Cream Ridge Township, by distance
About 47% 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.
How Cream Ridge Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Chillicothe Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cream Ridge Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cream Ridge Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $81,429 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Wilson Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Medicine Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Chillicothe Township | 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township, Wilson Township, Medicine Township and Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Chillicothe Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cream Ridge 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 Cream Ridge Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cream Ridge Township?
$81,429 (±$6,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cream Ridge Township?
10.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cream Ridge Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cream Ridge Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (34%, 9 mi), Kansas City (8%, 78 mi), St. Joseph (6%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cream Ridge Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cream Ridge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cream Ridge 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.