Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Moscow Mills has higher unemployment (6.7%) than 80% of U.S. towns
3% of workers work from home (Missouri 13%). Jobs and income earn Moscow Mills C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 2% work in Moscow Mills itself; outside it, O'Fallon draws the most (11%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Moscow Mills stands out on work
Moscow Mills workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Moscow Mills makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Moscow Mills are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Moscow Mills residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Few Moscow Mills workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Moscow Mills
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moscow Mills is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #129 of 247 in Missouri. The poverty rate holds Moscow Mills’ grade up (10.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moscow Mills could be anywhere from D to A.
Commuting from Moscow Mills: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moscow Mills workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,731 commuters (the 3% 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.
Making and building: 41% of jobs based in Moscow Mills
1,213 jobs are based in Moscow Mills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moscow Mills, 2014 → 2024: 1,198 → 1,213. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moscow Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Moscow Mills: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,971 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 1,173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Moscow Mills on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Moscow Mills commutes to
Where Moscow Mills clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
How many miles Moscow Mills commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Moscow Mills: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moscow Mills is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #244 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,784 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). 5.2% of Moscow Mills households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moscow Mills’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Moscow Mills ranks: 2,578th of 3,908 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 231 | Weldon Spring MO | 5,301 | $159K | 0.7% | 4.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,576 | Bowdoinham ME | 3,210 | $108K | 13.5% | 13.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,577 | Cuba MO | 3,288 | $46K | 14.0% | 0.6% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,578 | Moscow Mills MO | 4,388 | $73K | 10.1% | 6.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,579 | Wills Point TX | 4,033 | $72K | 12.3% | 5.1% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,580 | Grant Township MI | 3,406 | $74K | 9.8% | 4.9% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Moscow Mills, 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 2024, 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 Moscow Mills: questions
What is the median household income in Moscow Mills?
$73,468 (±$19,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moscow Mills?
10.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moscow Mills?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moscow Mills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are O'Fallon (11%, 16 mi), Troy (7%, 3 mi), Wentzville (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Moscow Mills walkable?
Moscow Mills is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moscow Mills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moscow Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moscow Mills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.