Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Hanley Hills has higher unemployment (10.8%) than 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Hanley Hills C−; getting around on foot earns it A+. Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns. Hardly any work in Hanley Hills itself; outside it, St. Louis draws the most (22%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hanley Hills in brief
Hanley Hills is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Hanley Hills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hanley Hills has about 1,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Hanley Hills residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Hanley Hills and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Hanley Hills residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Hanley Hills come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 846 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hanley Hills
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hanley Hills is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Hanley Hills’ grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (33.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hanley Hills could be anywhere from C− to B−.
How a workday changes Hanley Hills
On a workday 845 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Hanley Hills on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Miles to work from Hanley Hills
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 towns that employ Hanley Hills’ residents
Where Hanley Hills clocks in
22% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Hanley Hills
59 jobs are based in Hanley Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanley Hills, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 59. 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 Hanley Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hanley Hills: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanley Hills workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 916 commuters (the 7% 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.
Hanley Hills is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 986 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 14.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 9.1% of Hanley Hills households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 16% of Hanley Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hanley Hills is 3,965th among 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 55 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,963 | Fowler IN | 2,386 | $54K | 14.3% | 4.4% | 16% | C− |
| 3,964 | Roseau MN | 2,685 | $60K | 17.8% | 3.8% | 52% | C− |
| 3,965 | Hanley Hills MO | 1,963 | $53K | 33.9% | 10.8% | <1% | C− |
| 3,966 | Catawissa PA | 1,539 | $52K | 16.4% | 6.2% | 1% | C− |
| 3,967 | Oak Grove Township IN | 1,597 | $55K | 12.0% | 4.6% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hanley Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Around Hanley Hills: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Pagedale (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanley Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanley Hills | – | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,828 |
| Pagedale | 2% | C− | A | 23 min | $31,250 |
| Vinita Park | 2% | C | A | 19 min | $53,995 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hanley Hills’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 Hanley Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Hanley Hills?
$52,828 (±$9,814) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanley Hills?
33.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanley Hills?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanley Hills work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (22%, 6 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 8 mi), Creve Coeur (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hanley Hills walkable?
Hanley Hills is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hanley Hills without a car?
16% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hanley Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanley Hills
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.