Most of Jackson Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Jackson Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (A−). Jackson Township has 258 jobs; 530 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jackson Township at work: what stands out
Jackson Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jackson Township is St. Joseph, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (106) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Jackson Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Jackson Township fell from 379 in 2013 to 258 in 2023, −32%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Jackson Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 530 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Jackson Township’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Jackson Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Jackson Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jackson Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Near or far: the trip to work from Jackson Township
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.
The kinds of work in Jackson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Township, 2013 → 2023: 379 → 258. 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 Jackson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Jackson Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 506 commuters (the 4% 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 daily flow of workers through Jackson Township
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
20% of working residents work in St. Joseph
Where Jackson Township clocks in
20% 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.
Jackson Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 527 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). 2.1% of Jackson Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Jackson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Jackson Township ranks: 3,526th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 32 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
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| 72 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,524 | Cole Camp MO | 1,169 | $47K | 12.7% | 1.5% | 17% | D |
| 3,525 | Sullivan ME | 1,281 | $60K | 13.6% | 6.0% | 8% | D |
| 3,526 | Jackson Township MO | 1,207 | $58K | 15.8% | 1.0% | 8% | D |
| 3,527 | Burke NY | 1,424 | $64K | 18.5% | 2.1% | 3% | D |
| 3,528 | Rumley Township OH | 1,244 | $54K | 15.0% | 3.7% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Jackson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
The towns around Jackson Township
The biggest share goes to Cooper Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | – | D | A− | 29 min | $57,708 |
| Cooper Township | 2% | D− | B | 19 min | $53,173 |
| Miller Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Polk Township | under 2% | — | — | 67 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Miller Township, Washington Township and Polk Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jackson 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 Jackson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson Township?
$57,708 (±$14,720) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?
15.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Joseph (20%, 28 mi), Stanberry (15%, 8 mi), Maryville (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson Township walkable?
Jackson Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jackson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson 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. 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.