Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as low as Pagedale’s
Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. 26.1% of residents live below the poverty line (Missouri 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Pagedale C−; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Pagedale in brief
Pagedale trades workers with the towns around it
Pagedale has about as many jobs (1,153) as working residents (1,080), but they are mostly different people: 1,063 residents leave for work each day while 1,136 people come in. Only 1% of the jobs in Pagedale are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Pagedale residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Pagedale and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Pagedale residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Pagedale come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Pagedale workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Pagedale’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Pagedale makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Pagedale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pagedale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 11%. 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.
The four measures behind Pagedale’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pagedale is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #192 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Pagedale’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($31,250, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pagedale could be anywhere from D to B.
Who works in Pagedale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,063 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 1,136 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Pagedale
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.
24% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Pagedale clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
In Pagedale, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,153 jobs are based in Pagedale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pagedale, 2013 → 2023: 1,350 → 1,153. 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 Pagedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Pagedale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pagedale workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 810 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.
Pagedale is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 848 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 48% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 18.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 18.3% of Pagedale households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Pagedale’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pagedale ranks: 3,841st of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 48 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,839 | Sumner IA | 2,022 | $59K | 13.6% | 2.9% | 22% | C− |
| 3,840 | White Pigeon MI | 1,824 | $51K | 26.0% | 5.6% | 6% | C− |
| 3,841 | Pagedale MO | 2,511 | $31K | 26.1% | 11.0% | 2% | C− |
| 3,842 | Colwyn PA | 2,465 | $47K | 34.9% | 21.2% | 1% | C− |
| 3,843 | Electra TX | 2,238 | $69K | 19.7% | 2.7% | 23% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pagedale, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
The towns around Pagedale
The biggest share goes to University City (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pagedale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pagedale | – | C− | A | 23 min | $31,250 |
| University City | 2% | B | A+ | 22 min | $80,694 |
| Hanley Hills | under 2% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,828 |
| Wellston | under 2% | C | A+ | 20 min | $44,957 |
| Vinita Park | 2% | C | A | 19 min | $53,995 |
| Greendale | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Normandy | under 2% | C | A+ | 19 min | $29,379 |
Same-state neighbors only. Greendale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pagedale’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 Pagedale: questions
What is the median household income in Pagedale?
$31,250 (±$5,651) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pagedale?
26.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pagedale?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pagedale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (24%, 5 mi), Maryland Heights (7%, 9 mi), Creve Coeur (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pagedale walkable?
Pagedale is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pagedale without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 48% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pagedale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pagedale
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.