Photo: The original uploader was Americasroof at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Parkville’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A+: better than 98% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #7 of 247 in Missouri.
Walkability C: more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns · #220 of 247 in Missouri.
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Missouri 24, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Parkville; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (42%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Parkville
Parkville trades workers with the towns around it
Parkville has about as many jobs (3,267) as working residents (3,467), but they are mostly different people: 3,333 residents leave for work each day while 3,133 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Parkville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Much of Parkville works one town over
51% of working residents work in a town that borders Parkville: Kansas City (42%), Kansas City (6%) and Riverside (3%). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Parkville
21% of Parkville workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. 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 Parkville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Parkville is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #7 of 247 in Missouri. Household income is its strongest input ($171,271, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Parkville could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,333 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 3,133 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 (0.94 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the MO average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,232 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
42% of working residents work in Kansas City
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Parkville clocks in
42% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 3,267 jobs in Parkville are
3,267 jobs are based in Parkville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parkville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkville, 2013 → 2023: 3,165 → 3,267. 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.
Half of Parkville commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Parkville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Parkville is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #220 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 4,106 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 2.0% of Parkville households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Parkville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Parkville is 64th of 2,855 U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Parkville, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 63 | Union KY | 7,937 | $137K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 64 | Parkville MO | 9,093 | $171K | 2.0% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 65 | Vernon WI | 7,464 | $120K | 3.0% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 66 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | 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.
51% of Parkville works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Kansas City (42%). Darker towns draw more of Parkville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parkville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkville | – | A+ | C | 22 min | $171,271 |
| Riverside | 3% | C | B− | 20 min | $52,006 |
| Kansas City | 42% | B− | A | 22 min | $69,166 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Parkville: questions
What is the median household income in Parkville?
$171,271 (±$21,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkville?
2.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (42%, 10 mi), Kansas City (6%, 7 mi), North Kansas City (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parkville walkable?
Parkville is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parkville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parkville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkville
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.