Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Pine Lawn’s household incomes are among the lowest in the country
Pine Lawn grades C− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. 42.6% of residents are in poverty; Missouri has 12.6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pine Lawn apart on work
Pine Lawn and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Pine Lawn residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Pine Lawn come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Pine Lawn residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Pine Lawn workers earn over $40,000 a year
34% of Pine Lawn’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 23% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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; with 968 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Pine Lawn’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Pine Lawn is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #172 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Pine Lawn’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($24,837, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (11.3%) is left out: Pine Lawn’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pine Lawn could be anywhere from C− to C.
25% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Pine Lawn clocks in
25% 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.
How far Pine Lawn’s workers travel
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 Pine Lawn, services account for most jobs
328 jobs are based in Pine Lawn.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Lawn, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 328. 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 Pine Lawn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pine Lawn quiets down on a workday
On a workday 959 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 319 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Pine Lawn on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Pine Lawn’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Lawn workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 531 commuters (the 18% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Pine Lawn
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Lawn is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #5 of 247 in Missouri. Both inputs place Pine Lawn 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 647 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 74% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 21.2% of Pine Lawn households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Pine Lawn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pine Lawn is 3,517th among 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,515 | South Rosemary NC | 2,475 | $47K | 19.8% | 2.2% | 1% | C− |
| 3,516 | Flora IN | 2,106 | $51K | 13.8% | 4.7% | 12% | C− |
| 3,517 | Pine Lawn MO | 2,682 | $25K | 42.6% | 11.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,518 | Wendell ID | 3,090 | $57K | 8.3% | 6.4% | 11% | C− |
| 3,519 | Mannington WV | 1,910 | $54K | 10.5% | 3.2% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Pine Lawn, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Around Pine Lawn: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Lawn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Lawn | – | C− | A+ | 25 min | $24,837 |
| Northwoods | under 2% | B− | A | 33 min | $45,330 |
| Hillsdale | under 2% | C | A− | 23 min | $37,583 |
| Velda Village Hills | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Jennings | under 2% | C− | A+ | 27 min | $38,984 |
| Uplands Park | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Velda Village Hills and Uplands Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Lawn’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 Pine Lawn: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Lawn?
$24,837 (±$10,468) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Lawn?
42.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Lawn?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Lawn work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (25%, 4 mi), Maryland Heights (5%, 11 mi), Hazelwood (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Lawn walkable?
Pine Lawn is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Lawn without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. 74% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Lawn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Lawn
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.