Households in Dardenne Prairie have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Only 1% work in Dardenne Prairie; the top destination outside it is O'Fallon (15%, 2 miles). Poverty touches 1.3% of residents, next to 12.6% for Missouri as a whole. Dardenne Prairie grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dardenne Prairie apart on work
Dardenne Prairie and O'Fallon trade workers both ways
O'Fallon is the top workplace for Dardenne Prairie residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Dardenne Prairie come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Dardenne Prairie
69% of Dardenne Prairie residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Dardenne Prairie pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Dardenne Prairie is a place people come home to
There are 1,867 jobs based in Dardenne Prairie, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dardenne Prairie has about 10,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Dardenne Prairie gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dardenne Prairie is among the top U.S. towns, #6 of 247 in Missouri. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dardenne Prairie stays A+.
The places Dardenne Prairie commutes to
Where Dardenne Prairie clocks in
15% of workers
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.
What the 1,867 jobs in Dardenne Prairie are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dardenne Prairie, 2014 → 2024: 1,733 → 1,867. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dardenne Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dardenne Prairie
On a workday 6,485 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 1,781 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Dardenne Prairie on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.28 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 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Dardenne Prairie: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dardenne Prairie workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,031 commuters (the 19% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Dardenne Prairie
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Dardenne Prairie is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dardenne Prairie is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #178 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 7,433 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). 2.1% of Dardenne Prairie households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dardenne Prairie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dardenne Prairie is 17th of 1,969 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 20,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 11 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 16 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 17 | Dardenne Prairie MO | 15,032 | $153K | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 18 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 9% | A+ |
| 19 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 112 | Crestwood MO | 12,207 | $107K | 5.5% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Creve Coeur MO | 18,480 | $127K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,969 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Dardenne Prairie, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Dardenne Prairie and its neighbors: 18% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dardenne Prairie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dardenne Prairie | – | A+ | B− | 24 min | $152,500 |
| O'Fallon | 15% | A | B− | 26 min | $110,443 |
| Lake St. Louis | 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $125,693 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to O'Fallon. Darker towns draw more of Dardenne Prairie’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 2024, 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 Dardenne Prairie: questions
What is the median household income in Dardenne Prairie?
$152,500 (±$19,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dardenne Prairie?
1.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dardenne Prairie?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dardenne Prairie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are O'Fallon (15%, 2 mi), Chesterfield (7%, 12 mi), St. Louis (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Dardenne Prairie walkable?
Dardenne Prairie is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dardenne Prairie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dardenne Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dardenne Prairie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.