Photo: Eich2004 · CC BY-SA 4.0St. Ann has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, St. Ann is behind 85% of U.S. towns. 2,976 jobs are based in St. Ann; 5,920 of its residents have a job. St. Ann grades B− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
St. Ann and work: the main findings
Income, poverty and work: St. Ann’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Ann is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #112 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds St. Ann’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,323, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Ann could be anywhere from C to B+.
How far St. Ann 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.
The daily commute in and out of St. Ann
On a workday 5,794 residents head out to work, 126 work right here, and 2,850 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,700 people are in St. Ann on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
13% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where St. Ann 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 St. Ann’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Ann, 2013 → 2023: 2,268 → 2,976. 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 St. Ann’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for St. Ann’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Ann workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,870 commuters (the 12% 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 St. Ann, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Ann is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #14 of 247 in Missouri. Both inputs place St. Ann 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 6,700 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% 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 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 11.2% of St. Ann households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of St. Ann’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, St. Ann comes 1,556th 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 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Dardenne Prairie MO | 15,032 | $153K | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,554 | Kilgore TX | 13,531 | $66K | 17.4% | 3.3% | 21% | B− |
| 1,555 | Lake Park FL | 9,125 | $71K | 10.8% | 7.9% | 5% | B− |
| 1,556 | St. Ann MO | 12,617 | $52K | 13.0% | 4.9% | 2% | B− |
| 1,557 | Brentwood PA | 9,597 | $69K | 19.1% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,558 | Port Salerno FL | 11,184 | $67K | 7.1% | 6.5% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 St. Ann, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
St. Ann and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bridgeton (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Ann workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Ann | – | B− | A | 21 min | $52,323 |
| Bridgeton | 6% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $72,005 |
| Breckenridge Hills | under 3% | C− | A | 30 min | $40,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Ann’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 St. Ann: questions
What is the median household income in St. Ann?
$52,323 (±$4,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Ann?
13.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Ann?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Ann work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (13%, 10 mi), Maryland Heights (9%, 5 mi), Bridgeton (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Ann walkable?
St. Ann is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Ann without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Ann, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Ann
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.