Pike Township has higher unemployment (6.7%) than 80% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Pike Township itself; outside it, Cape Girardeau draws the most (14%, 25 miles). Jobs and income earn Pike Township D; getting around on foot earns it C+. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pike Township, in brief
Pike Township trades workers with the towns around it
Pike Township has about as many jobs (1,186) as working residents (1,359), but they are mostly different people: 1,039 residents leave for work each day while 866 people come in. Only 27% of the jobs in Pike Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Pike Township makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Pike Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pike Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Pike Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pike Township is Cape Girardeau, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (191) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pike Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pike Township went from 801 in 2013 to 1,186 in 2023, +48%. The jobs ↓
Few Pike Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Pike Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pike Township is better than 11% of U.S. towns, #219 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pike Township’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pike Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Who leaves Pike Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,039 residents head out to work, 320 work right here, and 866 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 (0.87 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.
Pike Township works in goods: 46% of its jobs
1,186 jobs are based in Pike Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Township, 2013 → 2023: 801 → 1,186. 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 Pike Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Pike Township works
About 20% 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.
From Pike Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pike Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,602 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.
Where people from Pike Township work
Where Pike Township clocks in
14% 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.
Most of Pike Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pike Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #210 of 247 in Missouri. Both inputs place Pike Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,670 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). 3.8% of Pike Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pike Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pike Township places 3,895th of 4,355 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,893 | Pine City MN | 3,820 | $52K | 12.4% | 8.3% | 27% | D |
| 3,894 | Wadena MN | 4,341 | $56K | 17.7% | 6.2% | 38% | D |
| 3,895 | Pike Township MO | 3,577 | $61K | 18.3% | 6.7% | 24% | D |
| 3,896 | West Salem Township PA | 3,177 | $55K | 13.3% | 18.3% | 5% | D |
| 3,897 | Hoopeston IL | 4,676 | $61K | 15.6% | 7.6% | 23% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Pike Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Pike Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | – | D | C+ | 28 min | $61,313 |
| Castor Township | under 2% | D | B− | 26 min | $57,125 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | D− | D | 20 min | $42,625 |
| New Lisbon Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Perkins | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Lisbon Township: not graded. Perkins: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pike Township’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 Pike Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pike Township?
$61,313 (±$7,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Township?
18.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Girardeau (14%, 25 mi), Advance (10%, 6 mi), Sikeston (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pike Township walkable?
Pike Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pike Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pike Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike Township
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.