Households in Rich Hill earn less than those in 91% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Rich Hill; the top destination outside it is Butler (13%, 11 miles). 33.7% of residents live below the poverty line; Missouri has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Rich Hill D−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rich Hill
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Rich Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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 460 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Rich Hill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rich Hill is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rich Hill’s grade.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Rich Hill’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, Rich Hill could be anywhere from D− to D.
Miles to work from Rich Hill
About 37% 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.
Rich Hill’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rich Hill workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 596 commuters (the 8% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Rich Hill
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Rich Hill on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
The places Rich Hill commutes to
Where Rich Hill clocks in
13% 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.
What the 196 jobs in Rich Hill are
196 jobs are based in Rich Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rich Hill, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 196. 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 Rich Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Rich Hill commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rich Hill is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 646 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). 6.1% of Rich Hill households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rich Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rich Hill next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,672 | Wadley GA | 1,548 | $38K | 26.8% | 8.6% | 13% | D− |
| 4,673 | Pineville KY | 1,552 | $25K | 34.0% | 15.0% | 24% | D− |
| 4,674 | Rich Hill MO | 1,264 | $47K | 33.7% | 6.5% | 9% | D− |
| 4,675 | Deposit NY | 1,404 | $48K | 27.8% | 3.1% | 16% | D− |
| 4,676 | Stamford NY | 1,034 | $44K | 23.1% | 7.9% | 17% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Rich Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Rich Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Rich Hill?
$47,167 (±$6,553) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rich Hill?
33.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rich Hill?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rich Hill work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (13%, 11 mi), Nevada (6%, 17 mi), Appleton City (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rich Hill walkable?
Rich Hill is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rich Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rich Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rich Hill
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.