Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Families in Normandy earn less than those in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Normandy are C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Not counting college students, poverty touches 33.3% of residents, next to 11.9% for Missouri as a whole. Only 1% work in Normandy; the top destination outside it is St. Louis (23%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Normandy stands out on work
Most Normandy residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Normandy and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Normandy residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Normandy come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Normandy are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri 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.
What’s behind Normandy’s Jobs & income grade
On family income, poverty and job access, Normandy is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #159 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Normandy’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down.
37% of Normandy’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (28% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 33.3%, against 36.9% for all residents. Unemployment (15.7%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($53,952), since student households pull the household median down ($29,379).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Normandy could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Miles to work from Normandy
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.
Where people from Normandy work
Where Normandy clocks in
23% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Normandy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Normandy workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,619 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.
A workday in Normandy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,684 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 907 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Normandy on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.54 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.
In Normandy, services account for most jobs
925 jobs are based in Normandy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Normandy, 2013 → 2023: 1,182 → 925. 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 Normandy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Normandy is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,803 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 12.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.6% of Normandy households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Normandy’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,934th of 3,908: where Normandy ranks among 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% | 2% | 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% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,932 | Blanding UT | 3,199 | $72K | 16.8% | 3.4% | 53% | C |
| 2,933 | Warren Township OH | 4,658 | $47K | 17.4% | 5.0% | 2% | C |
| 2,934 | Normandy MO | 4,380 | $29K | 36.9% | 15.7% | 1% | C |
| 2,935 | Tarentum PA | 4,127 | $45K | 14.8% | 6.6% | 5% | C |
| 2,936 | Montcalm Township MI | 3,532 | $71K | 15.4% | 4.1% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Normandy, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Normandy
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Normandy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normandy | – | C | A+ | 19 min | $29,379 |
| Cool Valley | under 2% | C | A | 17 min | $53,560 |
| Bellerive Acres | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Bel-Nor | under 2% | A+ | A | 25 min | $110,667 |
| Pasadena Park | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Pasadena Hills | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Norwood Court | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ferguson | under 2% | C | A+ | 24 min | $47,524 |
| Velda City | under 2% | C | A+ | 21 min | $37,105 |
| Hillsdale | under 2% | C | A− | 23 min | $37,583 |
| Wellston | under 2% | C | A+ | 20 min | $44,957 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bellerive Acres, Pasadena Park and Norwood Court: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Pasadena Hills: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Normandy’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.
- Students. 37% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Normandy: questions
What is the median household income in Normandy?
$29,379 (±$6,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Normandy?
36.9% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 33.3%. Missouri: 12.6%.
How long is the commute from Normandy?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Normandy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (23%, 6 mi), Maryland Heights (7%, 9 mi), Creve Coeur (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Normandy walkable?
Normandy is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Normandy without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Normandy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Normandy
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.