Household incomes put Warson Woods near the very top of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Warson Woods is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 1.3% of residents, against 12.6% across Missouri. For jobs and income Warson Woods is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Warson Woods apart
Jobs in Warson Woods have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Warson Woods went from 321 in 2013 to 810 in 2023, +152%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Warson Woods
78% of Warson Woods residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 33% of the jobs based in Warson Woods pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Warson Woods residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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 708 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Warson Woods’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warson Woods is among the top U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Warson Woods’ grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warson Woods stays A+.
What Warson Woods’ employers do
810 jobs are based in Warson Woods.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warson Woods, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 810. 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 Warson Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Warson Woods
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.
In and out of Warson Woods on a workday
On a workday 703 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 805 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Warson Woods clocks in
20% of workers
12% 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 Warson Woods: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warson Woods workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 928 commuters (the 23% 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.
Most of Warson Woods commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 1,200 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 79% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Warson Woods households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warson Woods’ commuters take a bus or train.
Warson Woods places 13th of 5,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 12 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 13 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 14 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 15 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 55 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Warson Woods, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Warson Woods
The biggest share goes to Ladue (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warson Woods workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warson Woods | – | A+ | B+ | 21 min | $206,979 |
| Kirkwood | under 2% | A | A− | 20 min | $121,270 |
| Ladue | 3% | A+ | B− | 14 min | $250,000+ |
| Glendale | under 2% | A+ | A− | 19 min | $170,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warson Woods’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 Warson Woods: questions
What is the median household income in Warson Woods?
$206,979 (±$14,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warson Woods?
1.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warson Woods?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warson Woods work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (20%, 8 mi), Clayton (12%, 4 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warson Woods walkable?
Warson Woods is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warson Woods without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warson Woods, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warson Woods
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.