Bates-Geers House · Photo: UnclePhooey · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Roubidoux Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Roubidoux Township D; getting around on foot earns it D−. Roubidoux Township has 232 jobs, and 456 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Roubidoux Township, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
Roubidoux Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Roubidoux 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; with 456 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Roubidoux Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Roubidoux Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Roubidoux Township’s grade up ($63,717, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Roubidoux Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Roubidoux Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Half of Roubidoux Township commutes less than 28 miles
About 33% 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.
The trip to work from Roubidoux Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roubidoux Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 751 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.
In and out of Roubidoux Township on a workday
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Roubidoux Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer 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.
18% of working residents work in Houston
Where Roubidoux Township clocks in
18% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Roubidoux Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roubidoux Township, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 232. 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 Roubidoux Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Roubidoux Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roubidoux Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Roubidoux 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 780 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). 0.3% of Roubidoux Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roubidoux Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,799th of 5,343: where Roubidoux Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 53 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Noble Township IL | 1,379 | $50K | 16.0% | 4.4% | 1% | D |
| 4,798 | Grant Township MI | 1,536 | $56K | 17.2% | 11.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,799 | Roubidoux Township MO | 1,797 | $64K | 22.6% | 3.3% | 4% | D |
| 4,800 | Fort Covington NY | 1,518 | $57K | 19.5% | 0.8% | 15% | D |
| 4,801 | First Mesa AZ | 1,459 | $58K | 17.3% | 6.6% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Roubidoux Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Roubidoux Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roubidoux Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roubidoux Township | – | D | D− | 33 min | $63,717 |
| Upton Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Boone Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Lynch Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 27 min | $38,068 |
Same-state neighbors only. Upton Township and Boone Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roubidoux 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 Roubidoux Township: questions
What is the median household income in Roubidoux Township?
$63,717 (±$11,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roubidoux Township?
22.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roubidoux Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roubidoux Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (18%, 18 mi), Licking (10%, 17 mi), Springfield (6%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roubidoux Township walkable?
Roubidoux Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roubidoux Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roubidoux Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roubidoux 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.