Twin Oaks draws 487 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Twin Oaks report 490 jobs for 275 working residents. Only 1% work in Twin Oaks itself; outside it, St. Louis draws the most (16%, 15 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Twin Oaks
The better-paid jobs are outside Twin Oaks
70% of Twin Oaks residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Twin Oaks pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Twin Oaks pay little
27% of the jobs based in Twin Oaks pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 42% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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 275 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Twin Oaks’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 490. 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 Twin Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Twin Oaks: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 272 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 800 people are in Twin Oaks on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where Twin Oaks’ workforce comes from
Where Twin Oaks clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Twin Oaks: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Oaks workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 436 commuters (the 16% 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 far Twin Oaks 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.
Next door to Twin Oaks
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Oaks | – | — | — | 24 min | $120,151 |
| Manchester | under 3% | A− | B− | 21 min | $97,801 |
| Valley Park | under 3% | B | C− | 22 min | $67,898 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Twin Oaks’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 Twin Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Oaks?
$120,151 (±$32,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Oaks?
2.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Oaks?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Oaks work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (16%, 15 mi), Chesterfield (8%, 8 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Twin Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Twin Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Oaks
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.