Most of Grayhawk commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Grayhawk for work; outside it, Farmington is the main destination (15%, 14 miles). Employers in Grayhawk report 28 jobs, against 234 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Grayhawk apart
Grayhawk is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Grayhawk, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grayhawk has about 330 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Grayhawk workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Grayhawk workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 234 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Grayhawk on a workday afternoon
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Grayhawk on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
How long Grayhawk spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grayhawk workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 222 commuters (the 0% 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 towns that employ Grayhawk’s residents
Where Grayhawk clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Grayhawk
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grayhawk, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 28. 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 Grayhawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Grayhawk
About 20% 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.
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 Grayhawk: questions
What is the median household income in Grayhawk?
$49,304 (±$7,586) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grayhawk?
9.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grayhawk?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grayhawk work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (15%, 14 mi), Ste. Genevieve (12%, 11 mi), St. Louis (6%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grayhawk without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grayhawk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grayhawk
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.