Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Park Hills are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns
14.4% of residents are in poverty; Missouri has 12.6%. Park Hills grades C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Park Hills apart on work
Park Hills and Farmington trade workers both ways
Farmington is the top workplace for Park Hills residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Park Hills come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Park Hills workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Park Hills’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Park Hills than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Park Hills fell from 3,679 in 2013 to 2,664 in 2023, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Park Hills 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 ↓
A young workforce
30% of Park Hills’ working residents are 29 or younger. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Park Hills
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Park Hills is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #185 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Park Hills’ grade up (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,563, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Park Hills could be anywhere from D to B.
23% of working residents work in Farmington
Where Park Hills clocks in
23% of workers
4% 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.
The 2,664 jobs based in Park Hills
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Park Hills, 2013 → 2023: 3,679 → 2,664. 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 Park Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Park Hills: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Park Hills workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,844 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,005 residents head out to work, 435 work right here, and 2,229 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 (0.77 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.
The commute from Park Hills, by distance
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Most trips from Park Hills start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Park Hills is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #105 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of 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 3,956 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). 9.1% of Park Hills households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Park Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,800, Park Hills ranks 2,533rd of 2,927 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,531 | Nanticoke PA | 10,712 | $57K | 19.4% | 7.7% | 9% | C− |
| 2,532 | Boonville MO | 7,867 | $56K | 14.3% | 5.8% | 29% | C− |
| 2,533 | Park Hills MO | 8,753 | $53K | 14.4% | 5.9% | 13% | C− |
| 2,534 | Bluefield WV | 9,158 | $49K | 18.5% | 4.4% | 16% | C− |
| 2,535 | Atchison KS | 10,789 | $54K | 15.8% | 5.3% | 40% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,927 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Park Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Park Hills
The biggest share goes to Leadington (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Park Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Hills | – | C− | B+ | 27 min | $52,563 |
| Leadington | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Desloge | 2% | C | B+ | 19 min | $60,820 |
Same-state neighbors only. Leadington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Park Hills’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 Park Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Park Hills?
$52,563 (±$10,002) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Park Hills?
14.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Park Hills?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Park Hills work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (23%, 4 mi), St. Louis (4%, 58 mi), Bonne Terre (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Park Hills walkable?
Park Hills is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Park Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Park Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Park Hills
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.