Fields Creek Township has lower household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. 10.8% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.6% for Missouri as a whole. Fields Creek Township grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fields Creek Township, in brief
Fields Creek Township fills up on a workday
Fields Creek Township has 3,050 jobs, 4.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,200 people are in town, more than double the 1,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Fields Creek Township and Clinton trade workers both ways
Clinton is the top workplace for Fields Creek Township residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Fields Creek Township come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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 654 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Fields Creek Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Fields Creek Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fields Creek Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($42,965, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Fields Creek 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, Fields Creek Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Fields Creek Township by day and by night
On a workday 504 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 2,900 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Fields Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 135% more than live here.
4.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Fields Creek Township’s workforce comes from
Where Fields Creek Township clocks in
38% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fields Creek Township
About 33% 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.
Jobs in Fields Creek Township: what the 3,050 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fields Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,674 → 3,050. 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 Fields Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Fields Creek Township, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fields Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 733 commuters (the 6% 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.
Most trips from Fields Creek Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fields Creek Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fields Creek 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 779 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). 13.0% of Fields Creek Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fields Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fields Creek Township places 4,753rd of 6,085 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 57 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,751 | Reading Township IL | 2,049 | $54K | 16.6% | 2.3% | 13% | D |
| 4,752 | Eugene Township IN | 1,712 | $57K | 15.0% | 4.3% | 6% | D |
| 4,753 | Fields Creek Township MO | 1,772 | $43K | 10.8% | 4.3% | 23% | D |
| 4,754 | Fairfield Township OH | 1,500 | $49K | 19.4% | 1.6% | 0% | D |
| 4,755 | St. Clair Township PA | 1,302 | $55K | 16.6% | 10.7% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Fields Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Bordering towns draw 38% of Fields Creek Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fields Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fields Creek Township | – | D | B | 16 min | $42,965 |
| Honey Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Clinton Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Deer Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Shawnee Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Tebo Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Clinton | 38% | C− | B+ | 14 min | $51,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Honey Creek Township, Deer Creek Township, Shawnee Township and Tebo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Clinton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clinton. Darker towns draw more of Fields Creek 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 Fields Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fields Creek Township?
$42,965 (±$14,112) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fields Creek Township?
10.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fields Creek Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fields Creek Township work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (38%, 4 mi), Springfield (4%, 89 mi), Warrensburg (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fields Creek Township walkable?
Fields Creek Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fields Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fields Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fields Creek 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.