With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Drywood Township works elsewhere
149 jobs are based in Drywood Township; 522 of its residents have a job. Drywood Township grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Drywood 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
Drywood Township at work: what stands out
Drywood Township and Nevada trade workers both ways
Nevada is the top workplace for Drywood Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Drywood Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
Drywood Township is a place people come home to
There are 149 jobs based in Drywood Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Drywood Township has about 870 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 522 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Drywood Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Drywood Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Drywood Township’s grade.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Drywood 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, Drywood Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
25% of working residents work in Nevada
Where Drywood Township clocks in
5% 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.
Drywood Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 37% 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 workday in Drywood Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 503 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Drywood Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The kinds of work in Drywood Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drywood Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 149. 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 Drywood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Drywood Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Drywood Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 440 commuters (the 13% 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.
Driving is how Drywood Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Drywood Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Drywood Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 504 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). 2.4% of Drywood Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Drywood Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Drywood Township is 4,306th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 35 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
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| 82 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
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| 106 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
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| 4,304 | Marion Township MI | 1,547 | $53K | 16.2% | 5.5% | 13% | D |
| 4,305 | Rose Township MI | 1,257 | $55K | 16.1% | 6.8% | 6% | D |
| 4,306 | Drywood Township MO | 1,240 | $56K | 18.1% | 2.9% | 4% | D |
| 4,307 | Olive Township OH | 1,650 | $51K | 15.4% | 14.7% | 3% | D |
| 4,308 | Lenox Township OH | 1,378 | $49K | 28.0% | 7.7% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Drywood Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Drywood Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Drywood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drywood Township | – | D | D | 22 min | $55,950 |
| Moundville Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Dover Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Center Township | under 2% | C− | A− | 16 min | $49,962 |
Same-state neighbors only. Moundville Township, Dover Township and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Drywood 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 Drywood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Drywood Township?
$55,950 (±$5,772) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Drywood Township?
18.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Drywood Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Drywood Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nevada (25%, 10 mi), Lamar (5%, 14 mi), Springfield (5%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Drywood Township walkable?
Drywood Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Drywood Township 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 Drywood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drywood 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.