Photo: en:User:Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Gallatin trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 19.8%, where Missouri as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Gallatin D−; getting around on foot earns it A. About one in ten work in Gallatin; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (9%, 63 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Gallatin apart on work
Gallatin’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Gallatin is Kansas City, 63 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (57) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 658 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Gallatin: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Gallatin is better than 3% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Gallatin’s grade.
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Gallatin’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, Gallatin could be anywhere from D− to D.
How far Gallatin’s workers travel
About 38% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 581 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 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.
Where Gallatin’s working residents head each day
Where Gallatin clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
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.
What work there is in Gallatin: 536 jobs
536 jobs are based in Gallatin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gallatin, 2013 → 2023: 630 → 536. 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 Gallatin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Gallatin’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gallatin workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 656 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.
Gallatin 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, Gallatin is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 698 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). 9.3% of Gallatin households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gallatin’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Gallatin compares with U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 56 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,330 | Tompkinsville KY | 2,235 | $39K | 27.3% | 7.4% | 29% | D− |
| 5,331 | Harrison MI | 2,171 | $39K | 25.5% | 0.8% | 11% | D− |
| 5,332 | Gallatin MO | 1,848 | $47K | 19.8% | 4.5% | 12% | D− |
| 5,333 | Freeborn Township MO | 1,369 | $46K | 27.0% | 1.7% | 12% | D− |
| 5,334 | Conewango NY | 1,734 | $51K | 32.0% | 6.5% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Gallatin, 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 Gallatin: questions
What is the median household income in Gallatin?
$47,198 (±$9,060) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gallatin?
19.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gallatin?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gallatin work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (9%, 63 mi), St. Joseph (8%, 47 mi), Cameron (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gallatin walkable?
Gallatin is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gallatin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gallatin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gallatin
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.