A job hub: Truesdale has 2.9 jobs per working resident, and 1,059 people come in to work
For jobs and income Truesdale is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). 1,089 jobs are based in Truesdale, and 380 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Truesdale, in a few figures
Truesdale is where the jobs are
Truesdale has 1,089 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, 67% more than the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Truesdale makes and builds things
63% of the jobs based in Truesdale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Truesdale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Truesdale pay better than its residents’ jobs
70% of the jobs based in Truesdale pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Truesdale residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Truesdale. 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 380 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Truesdale’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Truesdale’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($58,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Truesdale’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, Truesdale could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who commutes out of Truesdale, and who commutes in
On a workday 350 residents head out to work and 30 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Truesdale on a workday afternoon, 67% more 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.
63% of the jobs in Truesdale make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Truesdale, 2013 → 2023: 915 → 1,089. 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 Truesdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Truesdale
Where Truesdale clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
How long Truesdale spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Truesdale workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 427 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.
How many miles Truesdale commutes
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.
Most of Truesdale commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 473 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). 12.9% of Truesdale households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Truesdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Truesdale ranks: 1,587th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bel-Nor MO | 1,351 | $111K | 5.8% | 8.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,585 | Aubbeenaubbee Township IN | 1,347 | $78K | 9.3% | 9.5% | 1% | C |
| 1,586 | Watterson Park KY | 1,031 | $40K | 17.2% | 15.2% | 5% | C |
| 1,587 | Truesdale MO | 1,054 | $59K | 10.9% | 3.9% | 8% | C |
| 1,588 | Gettysburg SD | 1,049 | $64K | 4.8% | 2.0% | 30% | C |
| 1,589 | Galveston IN | 1,273 | $57K | 10.6% | 4.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Truesdale, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door is work for 11% of Truesdale
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Warrenton. Darker towns draw more of Truesdale’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 Truesdale: questions
What is the median household income in Truesdale?
$58,750 (±$24,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Truesdale?
10.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Truesdale?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Truesdale work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warrenton (11%, 1 mi), Wentzville (6%, 14 mi), O'Fallon (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Truesdale walkable?
Truesdale is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Truesdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Truesdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Truesdale
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.