Coldwater Cemetery · Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Old Jamestown has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Old Jamestown has 1,178 jobs, and 8,465 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Old Jamestown B+; getting around on foot earns it B. 23% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Old Jamestown
Old Jamestown is a place people come home to
There are 1,178 jobs based in Old Jamestown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Old Jamestown has about 13,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Old Jamestown and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Old Jamestown residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Old Jamestown come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Old Jamestown
23% of Old Jamestown workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Time on the road ↓
Old Jamestown 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 ↓
Many jobs in Old Jamestown pay little
26% of the jobs based in Old Jamestown pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Old Jamestown
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Old Jamestown is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #67 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Old Jamestown’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Old Jamestown could be anywhere from B to A.
Old Jamestown quiets down on a workday
On a workday 8,353 residents head out to work, 112 work right here, and 1,066 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Old Jamestown on a workday afternoon, 35% 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. Louis
Where Old Jamestown clocks in
20% of workers
5% 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.
The trip to work from Old Jamestown: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Old Jamestown workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,535 commuters (the 23% 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.
What Old Jamestown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 1,185 → 1,178. 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 Old Jamestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Old Jamestown
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 commute in Old Jamestown is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Old Jamestown is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #117 of 247 in Missouri. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,831 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% 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). 3.9% of Old Jamestown households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Old Jamestown’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Old Jamestown is 834th of 1,931 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 28,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 10 | Dardenne Prairie MO | 15,032 | $153K | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Creve Coeur MO | 18,480 | $127K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Webster Groves MO | 23,450 | $115K | 4.2% | 3.7% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 832 | Grantsville UT | 16,472 | $101K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 10% | B+ |
| 833 | River Falls WI | 17,916 | $84K | 15.1% | 3.3% | 24% | B+ |
| 834 | Old Jamestown MO | 20,651 | $100K | 7.4% | 5.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 835 | Golden CO | 20,390 | $99K | 12.6% | 3.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 836 | Central Point OR | 19,139 | $86K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Old Jamestown, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Old Jamestown
The biggest share goes to Florissant (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Old Jamestown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Jamestown | – | B+ | B | 29 min | $99,521 |
| Florissant | 5% | B | A− | 26 min | $65,318 |
| Black Jack | under 3% | B+ | A− | 28 min | $78,331 |
| Spanish Lake | under 3% | C | B+ | 25 min | $55,920 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Old Jamestown’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 Old Jamestown: questions
What is the median household income in Old Jamestown?
$99,521 (±$9,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Old Jamestown?
7.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Old Jamestown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Old Jamestown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (20%, 14 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 13 mi), Florissant (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Old Jamestown walkable?
Old Jamestown is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Old Jamestown without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Old Jamestown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old Jamestown
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.