Gustave Greystone-Meissner House · Photo: Lester Jones, Photographer; Historic American Buildings Survey · Public domainWith 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Pevely works elsewhere
For jobs and income Pevely is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (B+). 1,615 jobs are based in Pevely, and 2,861 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pevely
Pevely makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Pevely are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pevely residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Pevely’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pevely is St. Louis, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (340) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 Pevely’s grade
Unemployment holds Pevely’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pevely could be anywhere from C to B+.
Making and building: 45% of jobs based in Pevely
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pevely, 2013 → 2023: 1,564 → 1,615. 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 Pevely’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Pevely 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.
In and out of Pevely on a workday
On a workday 2,758 residents head out to work, 103 work right here, and 1,512 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Pevely on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
12% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Pevely clocks in
12% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Pevely
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pevely workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,794 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.
Getting around Pevely: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,067 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 36% 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 9.5% of Pevely households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Pevely’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pevely is 1,779th of 3,297 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,777 | Shallotte NC | 5,335 | $88K | 10.3% | 3.1% | 17% | B− |
| 1,778 | Wilkins Township PA | 6,044 | $66K | 10.7% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,779 | Pevely MO | 6,239 | $56K | 17.9% | 1.8% | 4% | B− |
| 1,780 | Hood River OR | 8,315 | $86K | 10.8% | 3.3% | 36% | B− |
| 1,781 | Edinboro PA | 5,790 | $48K | 20.5% | 0.4% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,297 | 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 Pevely, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Pevely
The biggest share goes to Herculaneum (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pevely workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pevely | – | B− | B+ | 26 min | $56,000 |
| Horine | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Barnhart | under 3% | A | C− | 30 min | $95,811 |
| Herculaneum | 3% | A | B | 29 min | $93,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Horine: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pevely’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 Pevely: questions
What is the median household income in Pevely?
$56,000 (±$12,258) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pevely?
17.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pevely?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pevely work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (12%, 25 mi), Arnold (4%, 10 mi), Festus (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pevely walkable?
Pevely is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pevely without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pevely, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pevely
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.