Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Villa Ridge works elsewhere
Employers in Villa Ridge report 199 jobs, against 1,375 working residents. The two grades for Villa Ridge are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 1% work in Villa Ridge itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (9%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Villa Ridge
Villa Ridge is a place people come home to
There are 199 jobs based in Villa Ridge, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Villa Ridge has about 1,700 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Villa Ridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Inside Villa Ridge’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Villa Ridge is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #124 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Villa Ridge’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Villa Ridge could be anywhere from D to A.
Who leaves Villa Ridge for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,356 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Villa Ridge on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 30 minutes each way for Villa Ridge’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Villa Ridge workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 935 commuters (the 19% 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.
Commuting out of Villa Ridge: the destinations
Where Villa Ridge clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Villa Ridge: what the 199 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Villa Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 199. 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 Villa Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Villa Ridge 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.
Few in Villa Ridge walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Villa Ridge is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #246 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,157 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). 1.7% of Villa Ridge households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Villa Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Villa Ridge ranks: 2,811th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,809 | Stonycreek Township PA | 2,637 | $55K | 11.2% | 4.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,810 | Pine Grove CA | 3,040 | $89K | 5.9% | 6.5% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,811 | Villa Ridge MO | 2,835 | $74K | 15.9% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,812 | Lagro Township IN | 2,736 | $82K | 5.8% | 11.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,813 | Farmingdale ME | 3,000 | $72K | 13.8% | 4.9% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | 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 Villa Ridge, 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 Villa Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Villa Ridge?
$73,826 (±$25,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Villa Ridge?
15.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Villa Ridge?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Villa Ridge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (9%, 9 mi), St. Louis (8%, 36 mi), Pacific (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Villa Ridge walkable?
Villa Ridge is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Villa Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Villa Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Villa Ridge
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.