Photo: Fowlerphotography · CC BY 4.0There are 2.0 jobs in St. Robert for every working resident, and 2,480 people commute in
There are 2,688 jobs in St. Robert for 1,363 working residents. St. Robert grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven work in St. Robert itself; outside it, Fort Leonard Wood draws the most (15%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in St. Robert
St. Robert is where the jobs are
St. Robert has 2,688 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of St. Robert workers earn over $40,000 a year
39% of St. Robert’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A lot of St. Robert works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders St. Robert: Fort Leonard Wood (15%) and Waynesville (12%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
Commutes from St. Robert are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. 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.
Jobs & income in St. Robert: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Robert is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #181 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds St. Robert’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Robert could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who works in St. Robert, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,155 residents head out to work and 208 work right here.
About 6,900 people are in St. Robert on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What St. Robert’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Robert, 2013 → 2023: 2,565 → 2,688. 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. Robert’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from St. Robert
About 36% 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.
Each way, about 19 minutes from St. Robert
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Robert workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,525 commuters (the 8% 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.
Commuting in to St. Robert: where workers come from
Where St. Robert clocks in
12% 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.
For most of St. Robert, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Robert is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #186 of 247 in Missouri. Both inputs place St. Robert 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 2,754 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). 3.3% of St. Robert households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Robert’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, St. Robert is 2,928th of 3,561 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,926 | Swannanoa NC | 6,901 | $70K | 16.8% | 14.8% | 3% | C− |
| 2,927 | Homestead Meadows North TX | 5,795 | $63K | 20.5% | 11.2% | 4% | C− |
| 2,928 | St. Robert MO | 5,602 | $63K | 19.2% | 4.3% | 15% | C− |
| 2,929 | Punxsutawney PA | 5,558 | $42K | 20.7% | 3.1% | 29% | C− |
| 2,930 | Huntington Township OH | 6,083 | $65K | 18.2% | 4.8% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | 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 St. Robert, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work next door: 27% of St. Robert’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Robert workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Robert | – | C− | C+ | 19 min | $62,641 |
| Fort Leonard Wood | 15% | C+ | A− | 9 min | $67,772 |
| Waynesville | 12% | C− | C+ | 19 min | $56,836 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Leonard Wood. Darker towns draw more of St. Robert’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. Robert: questions
What is the median household income in St. Robert?
$62,641 (±$8,012) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Robert?
19.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Robert?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Robert work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Leonard Wood (15%, 5 mi), Waynesville (12%, 4 mi), Rolla (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Robert walkable?
St. Robert is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Robert without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Robert, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Robert
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.