Households in Dixon have lower incomes than those in 88% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Dixon is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B). Below the poverty line: 22.2% of residents (Missouri 12.6%). 1% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dixon
Few Dixon workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Dixon 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 ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Dixon are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; with 382 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Dixon’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Dixon’s grade.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Dixon’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, Dixon could be anywhere from D− to D.
Getting to work from Dixon takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dixon workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the 1% 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 kinds of work in Dixon
557 jobs are based in Dixon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dixon, 2013 → 2023: 548 → 557. 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 Dixon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Dixon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Dixon on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Rolla
Where Dixon clocks in
8% 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.
Where in the region Dixon works
About 25% 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.
The commute in Dixon is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 627 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). 6.1% of Dixon households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Dixon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dixon and other U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,048 | Louisville IL | 1,108 | $44K | 30.6% | 8.2% | 10% | D− |
| 4,049 | Lexington MS | 1,395 | $48K | 22.7% | 7.5% | 10% | D− |
| 4,050 | Dixon MO | 1,222 | $50K | 22.2% | 3.7% | 17% | D− |
| 4,051 | Beverly OH | 1,200 | $46K | 25.0% | 1.5% | 9% | D− |
| 4,052 | Stratford OK | 1,437 | $41K | 26.5% | 7.1% | 10% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Dixon, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Dixon: questions
What is the median household income in Dixon?
$49,904 (±$15,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dixon?
22.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dixon?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dixon work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rolla (8%, 18 mi), Waynesville (7%, 14 mi), St. Robert (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dixon walkable?
Dixon is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dixon without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dixon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dixon
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.