Ernst Schowengerdt House · Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Warrenton trail those of 72% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Warrenton C; getting around on foot earns it C. 14.6% of residents are in poverty; Missouri has 12.6%. About one in ten work in Warrenton; the top destination outside it is Wentzville (7%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Warrenton
Warrenton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warrenton is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #149 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Warrenton’s grade up (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,031, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warrenton could be anywhere from D to B.
Where Warrenton’s working residents head each day
Where Warrenton clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Warrenton
On a workday 3,710 residents head out to work, 464 work right here, and 2,663 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in Warrenton on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
What the 3,127 jobs in Warrenton are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warrenton, 2013 → 2023: 3,027 → 3,127. 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 Warrenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Warrenton takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warrenton workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,795 commuters (the 9% 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 Warrenton’s workers travel
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.
Driving is how Warrenton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warrenton is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #212 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 4,190 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). 4.1% of Warrenton households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warrenton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warrenton places 2,137th of 2,780 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,135 | Hudson FL | 11,254 | $52K | 13.0% | 4.6% | 5% | C |
| 2,136 | Hazel Crest IL | 13,024 | $68K | 24.0% | 14.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,137 | Warrenton MO | 9,667 | $61K | 14.6% | 4.7% | 11% | C |
| 2,138 | Barre VT | 8,214 | $66K | 17.3% | 4.5% | 21% | C |
| 2,139 | West Vero Corridor FL | 10,461 | $62K | 10.8% | 5.7% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,780 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Warrenton, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Warrenton
The biggest share goes to Truesdale (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warrenton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrenton | – | C | C | 28 min | $61,031 |
| Truesdale | 4% | C | B | 25 min | $58,750 |
| Pendleton | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wright City | under 3% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $80,152 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pendleton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warrenton’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 Warrenton: questions
What is the median household income in Warrenton?
$61,031 (±$10,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warrenton?
14.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warrenton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warrenton work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wentzville (7%, 15 mi), O'Fallon (7%, 23 mi), St. Louis (4%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warrenton walkable?
Warrenton is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warrenton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warrenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warrenton
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.