Piney Township’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D: better than 7% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #235 of 247 in Missouri.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns · #208 of 247 in Missouri.
Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Missouri 24, U.S. 26). About one in three work in Piney Township; the top destination outside it is Houston (31%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Piney Township, in brief
Piney Township and Houston trade workers both ways
Houston is the top workplace for Piney Township residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Piney Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Piney Township’s 20-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 23 to 35 minutes. Next door ↓
Fewer than half of Piney Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Piney Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Piney 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.
What’s behind Piney Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Piney Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #235 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Piney Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Piney Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
31% of working residents work in Houston
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Piney Township clocks in
31% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 2,049 jobs in Piney Township are
2,049 jobs are based in Piney Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piney Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piney Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,170 → 2,049. 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Missouri
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piney Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,805 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,062 residents head out to work, 522 work right here, and 1,527 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 (1.29 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.
Half of Piney Township commutes less than 21 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 30% 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.
Most trips from Piney Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Piney Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #208 of 247 in Missouri. Both inputs place Piney 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 1,889 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). 11.1% of Piney Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Piney Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Piney Township compares with U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Piney Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Pearl River MS | 4,047 | $51K | 24.6% | 7.4% | 65% | D |
| 3,562 | Deer Park WA | 5,370 | $54K | 19.4% | 14.1% | 17% | D |
| 3,563 | Piney Township MO | 5,071 | $47K | 26.7% | 4.8% | 33% | D |
| 3,564 | Nashville GA | 5,038 | $43K | 21.7% | 6.0% | 32% | D |
| 3,565 | Calumet Township MI | 6,309 | $53K | 16.4% | 7.5% | 30% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | 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.
Piney Township and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Piney Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piney Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Township | – | D | C+ | 20 min | $47,462 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | D | B | 26 min | $37,434 |
| Lynch Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 27 min | $38,068 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 29 min | $55,088 |
| Morris Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Upton Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Ozark Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Morris Township, Upton Township and Ozark Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 Piney Township: questions
What is the median household income in Piney Township?
$47,462 (±$5,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piney Township?
26.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piney Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piney Township work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (31%, 1 mi), Springfield (7%, 73 mi), Licking (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Piney Township walkable?
Piney Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Piney Township 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 Piney Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piney 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.