Jobs, income and commuting in Huggins Township, MO
The trip to work takes 9 minutes on average, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Missouri 13%). Only 2% stay in Huggins Township for work; outside it, Stanberry is the main destination (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Huggins Township on a workday
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 73 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 (1.17 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 Huggins Township goes to work
Where Huggins Township clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
In Huggins Township, 76% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
74 jobs are based in Huggins Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huggins Township, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 74. 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 Huggins Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 9 minutes from Huggins Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huggins Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 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.
Half of Huggins Township commutes less than 19 miles
About 29% 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.
Work in the towns next to Huggins Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huggins Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huggins Township | – | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Cooper Township | under 4% | D− | B | 19 min | $53,173 |
| Athens Township | under 4% | C− | B− | 19 min | $49,250 |
| Bogle Township | under 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Wilson Township | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bogle Township and Wilson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Huggins Township’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 Huggins Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Huggins Township?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huggins Township?
9 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huggins Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanberry (17%, 6 mi), Albany (17%, 6 mi), St. Joseph (8%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Huggins Township 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 Huggins Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huggins Township
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.