Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Marthasville has lower unemployment (1.1%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Marthasville is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Marthasville A; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 2% work in Marthasville; the top destination outside it is Washington (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Marthasville
Jobs & income in Marthasville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marthasville is better than 89% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Marthasville’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marthasville could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Marthasville’s commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marthasville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,139 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.
The daily commute in and out of Marthasville
On a workday 538 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Marthasville on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.39 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.
Where Marthasville’s working residents head each day
Where Marthasville clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
What Marthasville’s employers do
213 jobs are based in Marthasville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marthasville, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 213. 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 Marthasville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Marthasville commutes
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.
Driving is how Marthasville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marthasville is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Marthasville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,269 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). 2.9% of Marthasville households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Marthasville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Marthasville ranks 280th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 38 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 278 | Brown Township OH | 1,187 | $100K | 2.2% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 279 | Paris WI | 1,356 | $107K | 6.7% | 4.6% | 4% | A |
| 280 | Marthasville MO | 1,302 | $112K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 2% | A |
| 281 | Hallock Township IL | 1,546 | $151K | 3.9% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| 282 | Zane Township OH | 1,228 | $146K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Marthasville, 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 Marthasville: questions
What is the median household income in Marthasville?
$112,083 (±$20,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marthasville?
2.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marthasville?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marthasville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (16%, 6 mi), O'Fallon (5%, 21 mi), St. Louis (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marthasville walkable?
Marthasville is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marthasville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marthasville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marthasville
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.