Households in Stanberry earn less than those in 70% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Stanberry itself; outside it, St. Joseph draws the most (18%, 35 miles). 19.0% of residents are in poverty, where Missouri as a whole has 12.6%. The two grades for Stanberry are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Stanberry stands out on work
Stanberry’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stanberry is St. Joseph, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (89) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
Many jobs in Stanberry pay little
27% of the jobs based in Stanberry pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; with 493 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Stanberry’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Stanberry is better than 8% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Stanberry’s grade up ($62,639, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Stanberry’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stanberry could be anywhere from D− to C.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stanberry
About 34% 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 498 jobs based in Stanberry
498 jobs are based in Stanberry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanberry, 2013 → 2023: 578 → 498. 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 Stanberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Stanberry
On a workday 414 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 419 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 (1.01 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.
Where people from Stanberry work
Where Stanberry clocks in
18% of workers
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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanberry workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 547 commuters (the 10% 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 trips from Stanberry start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stanberry is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 605 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). 4.8% of Stanberry households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Stanberry’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Stanberry is 3,667th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,665 | Greig NY | 1,195 | $58K | 14.8% | 5.8% | 1% | D |
| 3,666 | East Fallowfield Township PA | 1,517 | $59K | 24.6% | 2.2% | 3% | D |
| 3,667 | Stanberry MO | 1,168 | $63K | 19.0% | 3.8% | 16% | D |
| 3,668 | Norwood NY | 1,521 | $54K | 17.2% | 8.4% | 2% | D |
| 3,669 | Darrington WA | 1,500 | $66K | 19.4% | 10.8% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Stanberry, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Stanberry: questions
What is the median household income in Stanberry?
$62,639 (±$27,863) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanberry?
19.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanberry?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanberry work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Joseph (18%, 35 mi), Kansas City (8%, 75 mi), King City (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stanberry walkable?
Stanberry is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanberry without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanberry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanberry
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.