Households in Sherrill Township earn less than those in 91% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Sherrill Township for work; outside it, Licking is the main destination (16%, 2 miles). Below the poverty line: 26.3% of residents, against 12.6% across Missouri. Jobs and income earn Sherrill Township 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
The commute and the jobs: Sherrill Township in brief
Sherrill Township trades workers with the towns around it
Sherrill Township has about as many jobs (1,104) as working residents (1,203), but they are mostly different people: 972 residents leave for work each day while 873 people come in. Only 21% of the jobs in Sherrill Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Sherrill Township and Licking trade workers both ways
Licking is the top workplace for Sherrill Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Sherrill Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 ↓
Fewer than half of Sherrill Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Sherrill 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 ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Sherrill Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sherrill Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #246 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Sherrill Township’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sherrill Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
A workday in Sherrill Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 972 residents head out to work, 231 work right here, and 873 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 (0.92 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.
The towns that employ Sherrill Township’s residents
Where Sherrill Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Sherrill Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 40% 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 kinds of work in Sherrill Township
1,104 jobs are based in Sherrill Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherrill Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 1,104. 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 Sherrill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Sherrill Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherrill Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,453 commuters (the 7% 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.
Most of Sherrill Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sherrill Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #166 of 247 in Missouri. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,565 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). 9.1% of Sherrill Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sherrill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sherrill Township next to U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,480 | Oakdale LA | 6,526 | $43K | 32.8% | 14.4% | 15% | D− |
| 3,481 | Hebbronville TX | 4,194 | $42K | 32.9% | 7.1% | 21% | D− |
| 3,482 | Sherrill Township MO | 5,574 | $47K | 26.3% | 10.9% | 19% | D− |
| 3,483 | Hayes Township MI | 4,722 | $40K | 25.4% | 19.0% | 6% | D− |
| 3,484 | San Carlos AZ | 4,973 | $56K | 40.4% | 18.2% | 56% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sherrill Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Sherrill Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherrill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrill Township | – | D− | B− | 28 min | $46,987 |
| Lynch Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 27 min | $38,068 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 29 min | $55,088 |
| Boone Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Boone Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sherrill 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 Sherrill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sherrill Township?
$46,987 (±$7,762) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherrill Township?
26.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherrill Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherrill Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Licking (16%, 2 mi), Houston (8%, 15 mi), Rolla (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sherrill Township walkable?
Sherrill Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherrill Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherrill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherrill 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.