Ellisville’s household incomes are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 4.6% of residents (Missouri 12.6%). Ellisville grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 22% of workers, the job is at home; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ellisville in brief
Ellisville draws workers from far and wide
The 5,760 jobs in Ellisville are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 32%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Ellisville works from home
23% of Ellisville workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Ellisville
67% of Ellisville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Ellisville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Ellisville are held by workers 29 or younger, against 20% of Ellisville’s own working residents. 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.
Inside Ellisville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ellisville is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #51 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Ellisville’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ellisville could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where people from Ellisville work
Where Ellisville clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
Getting to work from Ellisville takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellisville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,627 commuters (the 23% 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 5,760 jobs based in Ellisville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellisville, 2013 → 2023: 6,584 → 5,760. 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 Ellisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Ellisville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,270 residents head out to work, 185 work right here, and 5,575 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Ellisville on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 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.
How far it is to work from Ellisville
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 Ellisville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellisville is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #140 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 4,681 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 52% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 13.9% of Ellisville households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ellisville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000, Ellisville comes 736th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Providence UT | 9,539 | $118K | 9.4% | 1.1% | 7% | A− |
| 735 | Economy PA | 9,098 | $95K | 6.5% | 3.3% | 2% | A− |
| 736 | Ellisville MO | 10,315 | $113K | 4.6% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| 737 | Kickapoo Township IL | 8,209 | $112K | 9.4% | 2.6% | 3% | A− |
| 738 | Columbia Township OH | 9,326 | $94K | 7.2% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Ellisville, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
How Ellisville compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ballwin (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellisville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellisville | – | A− | B | 28 min | $113,309 |
| Wildwood | 2% | A+ | B− | 27 min | $161,060 |
| Ballwin | 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $124,626 |
| Clarkson Valley | under 3% | A+ | C | 22 min | $247,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ellisville’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 Ellisville: questions
What is the median household income in Ellisville?
$113,309 (±$15,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellisville?
4.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellisville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellisville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (13%, 19 mi), Chesterfield (11%, 5 mi), Maryland Heights (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ellisville walkable?
Ellisville is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellisville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellisville
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.