Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Hawk Point works elsewhere
There are 39 jobs in Hawk Point, and 340 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Hawk Point itself; outside it, Troy draws the most (11%, 9 miles). Working residents average 30 minutes each way, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hawk Point apart on work
Hawk Point is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Hawk Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hawk Point has about 470 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hawk Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 340 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Hawk Point: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 337 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Hawk Point on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The daily trip from Hawk Point: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hawk Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 commuters (the 10% 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.
Commuting out of Hawk Point: the destinations
Where Hawk Point clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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 Hawk Point’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hawk Point, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 39. 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 Hawk Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Hawk Point to work
About 19% 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 Hawk Point: questions
What is the median household income in Hawk Point?
$51,667 (±$16,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hawk Point?
33.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hawk Point?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hawk Point work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (11%, 9 mi), Wentzville (10%, 18 mi), O'Fallon (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hawk Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hawk Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hawk Point
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.