Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Versailles’ household incomes are lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home; Missouri has 13%. 20.4% of residents live below the poverty line (Missouri 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Versailles C−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Versailles
Versailles is where the jobs are
Versailles has 1,644 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Versailles are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Versailles workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 928 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Versailles’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Versailles is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #197 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Versailles’ grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($33,586, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Versailles could be anywhere from D− to C.
Who works in Versailles, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 630 residents head out to work, 298 work right here, and 1,346 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Versailles on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.8 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.
Time on the road from Versailles: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Versailles workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 916 commuters (the 4% 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.
The towns that send workers to Versailles
Where Versailles clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
What Versailles’ employers do
1,644 jobs are based in Versailles.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Versailles, 2013 → 2023: 1,366 → 1,644. 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 Versailles’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Versailles
About 25% 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.
Most of Versailles commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Versailles is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #200 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 951 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). 26.3% of Versailles households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Versailles’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, Versailles comes 4,063rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,061 | Oak Hill FL | 2,188 | $66K | 18.7% | 8.2% | 3% | C− |
| 4,062 | Alta IA | 1,958 | $66K | 10.2% | 18.8% | 8% | C− |
| 4,063 | Versailles MO | 2,713 | $34K | 20.4% | 2.9% | 32% | C− |
| 4,064 | Santa Rosa NM | 2,802 | $49K | 23.2% | 2.4% | 46% | C− |
| 4,065 | La Villa TX | 3,257 | $31K | 25.7% | 9.1% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Versailles, 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 Versailles: questions
What is the median household income in Versailles?
$33,586 (±$12,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Versailles?
20.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Versailles?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Versailles work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson City (5%, 37 mi), Springfield (4%, 89 mi), Eldon (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Versailles walkable?
Versailles is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Versailles without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Versailles, from the people who make the trip.
More of Versailles
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.