Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Households in Hermann earn less than those in 71% of U.S. towns
Hermann grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 13.5% of residents are in poverty, next to 12.6% for Missouri as a whole. About two in five work in Hermann itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (6%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hermann, in a few figures
Hermann’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hermann is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Hermann’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hermann could be anywhere from D to B.
How a workday changes Hermann
On a workday 584 residents head out to work, 371 work right here, and 1,245 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Hermann on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Who travels to work in Hermann, and from where
Where Hermann clocks in
6% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 Hermann: 1,616 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hermann, 2013 → 2023: 1,626 → 1,616. 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 Hermann’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the MO average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hermann workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 881 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far it is to work from Hermann
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.
For most of Hermann, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hermann is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,037 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). 7.9% of Hermann households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hermann’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hermann is 3,816th among 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 46 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,814 | Hadley NY | 1,960 | $74K | 11.5% | 9.0% | 4% | C− |
| 3,815 | Jackson Township OH | 2,420 | $55K | 14.9% | 5.4% | 6% | C− |
| 3,816 | Hermann MO | 2,221 | $62K | 13.5% | 5.2% | 39% | C− |
| 3,817 | Raceland KY | 2,302 | $57K | 23.2% | 10.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,818 | Marshville NC | 2,739 | $58K | 14.7% | 10.1% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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 Hermann, 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 Hermann: questions
What is the median household income in Hermann?
$61,979 (±$9,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hermann?
13.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hermann?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hermann work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (6%, 25 mi), Jefferson City (3%, 41 mi), Columbia (2%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hermann walkable?
Hermann is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hermann without a car?
1% 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 Hermann, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hermann
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.