With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Dellwood works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Dellwood C+; getting around on foot earns it A. Employers in Dellwood report 552 jobs, against 2,092 working residents. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 8.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 10.8 in St. Louis.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dellwood
Many jobs in Dellwood pay little
36% of the jobs based in Dellwood pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Dellwood and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Dellwood residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Dellwood come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Dellwood is a place people come home to
There are 552 jobs based in Dellwood, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dellwood has about 3,300 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Dellwood workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Dellwood’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
What’s behind Dellwood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dellwood is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #118 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Dellwood’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dellwood could be anywhere from C− to A.
Dellwood is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dellwood, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 552. 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 Dellwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
20% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Dellwood clocks in
20% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dellwood
On a workday 2,074 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 534 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Dellwood on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
How long Dellwood spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dellwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,155 commuters (the 9% 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.
Dellwood’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Dellwood is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dellwood is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #21 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 2,369 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 9.1% of Dellwood households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Dellwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Dellwood is 2,371st among 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,369 | Roseburg North OR | 4,601 | $65K | 16.2% | 2.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,370 | East Alton IL | 5,621 | $49K | 20.8% | 3.3% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,371 | Dellwood MO | 4,825 | $73K | 21.7% | 6.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,372 | Randleman NC | 4,767 | $53K | 32.6% | 2.3% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,373 | New Brighton PA | 5,503 | $53K | 16.1% | 3.7% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dellwood, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Dellwood
The biggest share goes to Ferguson (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Dellwood’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 Dellwood: questions
What is the median household income in Dellwood?
$72,540 (±$11,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dellwood?
21.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dellwood?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dellwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (20%, 8 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 11 mi), Hazelwood (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dellwood walkable?
Dellwood is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dellwood without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dellwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dellwood
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.