Washington State Park CCC Historic District · Photo: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Summer Set works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns. 24 jobs are based in Summer Set; 510 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Summer Set is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Summer Set in brief
Summer Set is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Summer Set, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Summer Set has about 750 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Summer Set workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Summer Set’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Summer Set is St. Louis, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 510 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Summer Set’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Summer Set’s grade up (1.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Summer Set’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Summer Set could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How a workday changes Summer Set
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Summer Set on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
About 43 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summer Set workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 566 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Summer Set works
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.
10% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Summer Set clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 67% of Summer Set’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summer Set, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 24. 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 Summer Set’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Summer Set start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 634 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.5% of Summer Set households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Summer Set’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Summer Set comes 413th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 411 | Adams Township OH | 1,013 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 412 | Oxford Township OH | 1,054 | $90K | 5.3% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| 413 | Summer Set MO | 1,236 | $98K | 1.1% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 414 | Redington Beach FL | 1,355 | $105K | 8.3% | 2.6% | 2% | A− |
| 415 | Christiana WI | 1,186 | $84K | 4.6% | 2.5% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Summer Set, 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 Summer Set: questions
What is the median household income in Summer Set?
$98,167 (±$62,464) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summer Set?
1.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summer Set?
43 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summer Set work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (10%, 42 mi), De Soto (8%, 4 mi), Hillsboro (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Summer Set walkable?
Summer Set is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Summer Set without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summer Set, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summer Set
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.