Photo: Khazar2Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Sappington, and the trip to work
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; the Missouri average is 24, the U.S. 26. Sappington grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 3% stay in Sappington for work; outside it, St. Louis is the main destination (21%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sappington in brief
Sappington draws workers from far and wide
The 5,487 jobs in Sappington are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 28%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Sappington is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Sappington gains people on a workday
About 9,200 people are in Sappington on a workday afternoon, 25% more than the 7,400 who live here: 5,400 come in to work and 3,600 head out. Day and night ↓
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.
Inside Sappington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sappington is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #50 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($77,650, 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, Sappington could be anywhere from B to A+.
The towns that employ Sappington’s residents
Where Sappington clocks in
21% of workers
4% 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 Sappington
5,487 jobs are based in Sappington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sappington, 2013 → 2023: 6,536 → 5,487. 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 Sappington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Sappington
On a workday 3,583 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 5,392 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,200 people are in Sappington on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 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.
How long Sappington spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sappington workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,890 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far Sappington goes to work
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 Sappington, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sappington is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #93 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 3,432 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 33% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 6.1% of Sappington households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sappington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sappington is 685th among 3,042 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 9,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 683 | Frankstown Township PA | 7,423 | $98K | 7.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A− |
| 684 | Deer Park OH | 5,557 | $83K | 9.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| 685 | Sappington MO | 7,367 | $78K | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3% | A− |
| 686 | Palm Beach FL | 9,423 | $168K | 6.9% | 4.9% | 19% | A− |
| 687 | McGregor FL | 8,490 | $105K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,042 | 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 Sappington, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Sappington
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sappington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sappington | – | A− | B+ | 21 min | $77,650 |
| Concord | under 3% | A | B+ | 24 min | $89,038 |
| Sunset Hills | 3% | A | B+ | 21 min | $138,144 |
| Grantwood Village | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grantwood Village: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sunset Hills. Darker towns draw more of Sappington’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 Sappington: questions
What is the median household income in Sappington?
$77,650 (±$6,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sappington?
3.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sappington?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sappington work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (21%, 10 mi), Chesterfield (4%, 14 mi), Maryland Heights (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sappington walkable?
Sappington is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sappington without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sappington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sappington
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.