Photo: Roastedbeanz1 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Parkway works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. Parkway has 42 jobs, and 266 of its residents work somewhere. 9% of workers work from home, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Parkway, in brief
Parkway is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Parkway, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Parkway has about 410 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Parkway and St. Clair trade workers both ways
St. Clair is the top workplace for Parkway residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Parkway come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Parkway workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical 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; with 266 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Parkway on a workday afternoon
On a workday 265 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Parkway 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.
15% of working residents work in St. Clair
Where Parkway clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
From Parkway, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkway workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 298 commuters (the 9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Parkway
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkway, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 42. 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 Parkway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Parkway commutes
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.
Work next door: 15% of Parkway’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to St. Clair. Darker towns draw more of Parkway’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 Parkway: questions
What is the median household income in Parkway?
$44,479 (±$13,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkway?
15.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkway?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkway work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Clair (15%, 2 mi), Washington (11%, 15 mi), Union (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parkway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parkway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkway
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.