Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Richmond Heights draws 11,430 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
11,571 jobs are based in Richmond Heights, against 4,621 working residents. The two grades for Richmond Heights are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 10.8 in St. Louis.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Richmond Heights in brief
Most Richmond Heights residents work close to home
78% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Richmond Heights is where the jobs are
Richmond Heights has 11,571 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 16,000 people are in town, 76% more than the 9,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Richmond Heights works one town over
38% of working residents work in a town that borders Richmond Heights: St. Louis (28%), Clayton (8%) and Maplewood (2%). Next door ↓
Richmond Heights draws workers from far and wide
The 11,571 jobs in Richmond Heights are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 28%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Richmond Heights works from home
25% of Richmond Heights workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. 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.
Why Richmond Heights gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Richmond Heights is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #16 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($94,460, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richmond Heights could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Half of Richmond Heights commutes less than 6 miles
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.
A workday in Richmond Heights: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,480 residents head out to work and 141 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Richmond Heights on a workday afternoon, 76% more 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.
Where the people who work in Richmond Heights live
Where Richmond Heights clocks in
28% 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Richmond Heights
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,031 commuters (the 25% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond Heights, 2013 → 2023: 8,085 → 11,571. 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 Richmond Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Richmond Heights is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richmond Heights is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #51 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% 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 5,346 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 91% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 54% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 6.0% of Richmond Heights households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Richmond Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300, Richmond Heights ranks 241st of 2,855 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Mahtomedi MN | 8,189 | $123K | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| 240 | Medina MN | 7,460 | $231K | 10.3% | 1.1% | 6% | A |
| 241 | Richmond Heights MO | 9,093 | $94K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| 242 | Washington Township IL | 6,498 | $102K | 3.0% | 1.6% | 14% | A |
| 243 | Middle Township IN | 7,718 | $125K | 4.2% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | 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 Richmond Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work next door: 38% of Richmond Heights’ workers
The biggest share goes to St. Louis (28%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Heights | – | A | A− | 18 min | $94,460 |
| Clayton | 8% | A | A+ | 17 min | $123,000 |
| Brentwood | under 2% | A | A | 19 min | $99,719 |
| Maplewood | 2% | A− | A+ | 18 min | $65,125 |
| Ladue | under 2% | A+ | B− | 14 min | $250,000+ |
| St. Louis | 28% | C+ | A+ | 22 min | $56,160 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richmond Heights’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 Richmond Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond Heights?
$94,460 (±$14,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond Heights?
5.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond Heights?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond Heights work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (28%, 5 mi), Clayton (8%, 1 mi), Maryland Heights (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richmond Heights walkable?
Richmond Heights is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond Heights without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 54% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond Heights
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.