Davis Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Davis Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Employers in Davis Township report 177 jobs for 406 working residents. Measured by household income, Davis Township is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Davis Township, in brief
Davis Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Davis Township is Kansas City, 50 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Davis Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 406 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Davis Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Davis Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Davis Township’s grade up (9.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Davis Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Davis Township could be anywhere from D to C.
The distance from Davis Township to work
About 39% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Davis Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davis Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 433 commuters (the 7% 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.
A workday in Davis Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 375 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Davis Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
12% of working residents work in Kansas City
Where Davis Township clocks in
12% 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.
Jobs in Davis Township: what the 177 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davis Township, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 177. 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 Davis Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Davis Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Davis Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. 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 467 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). 6.6% of Davis Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Davis Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Davis Township places 2,781st of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
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| 61 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
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| 80 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
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| 2,779 | Flemington PA | 1,256 | $54K | 17.6% | 1.8% | 5% | C− |
| 2,780 | Appleton ME | 1,469 | $54K | 9.7% | 1.8% | 6% | C− |
| 2,781 | Davis Township MO | 1,102 | $56K | 9.6% | 3.7% | 8% | C− |
| 2,782 | Ellington NY | 1,477 | $65K | 18.0% | 5.1% | 1% | C− |
| 2,783 | Clayton WI | 1,024 | $71K | 15.4% | 0.7% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Davis Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
How Davis Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Davis Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Township | – | C− | C+ | 30 min | $55,729 |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Township, Fairview Township, Washington Township and Monroe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Davis 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 Davis Township: questions
What is the median household income in Davis Township?
$55,729 (±$6,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davis Township?
9.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davis Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davis Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (12%, 50 mi), Braymer (7%, 2 mi), Hamilton (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Davis Township walkable?
Davis Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Davis 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 Davis Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davis 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.