Household incomes in Woodson Terrace trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Woodson Terrace is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B). Below the poverty line: 26.9% of residents, next to 12.6% for Missouri as a whole. Only 1% stay in Woodson Terrace for work; outside it, St. Louis is the main destination (15%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Woodson Terrace apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in Woodson Terrace than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Woodson Terrace fell from 1,489 in 2014 to 858 in 2024, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most Woodson Terrace residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Woodson Terrace and St. Louis trade workers both ways
St. Louis is the top workplace for Woodson Terrace residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Woodson Terrace come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Woodson Terrace’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Woodson Terrace’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Woodson Terrace could be anywhere from C− to B.
The kinds of work in Woodson Terrace
858 jobs are based in Woodson Terrace.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodson Terrace, 2014 → 2024: 1,489 → 858. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodson Terrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Woodson Terrace commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where the trip to work from Woodson Terrace ends
Where Woodson Terrace clocks in
15% of workers
5% 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.
Who leaves Woodson Terrace for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,575 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 840 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Woodson Terrace on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.54 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 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Woodson Terrace: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodson Terrace workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,453 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.
Getting around Woodson Terrace: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 1,791 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% 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 5.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 12.1% of Woodson Terrace households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Woodson Terrace’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Woodson Terrace is 2,810th of 4,364 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Rock Hill MO | 4,668 | $95K | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,808 | Perry NY | 4,769 | $63K | 9.7% | 3.5% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,809 | Mount Healthy Heights OH | 3,263 | $53K | 11.6% | 6.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,810 | Woodson Terrace MO | 3,902 | $47K | 26.9% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,811 | Lake City PA | 2,842 | $75K | 10.8% | 5.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,812 | Jefferson Township OH | 3,196 | $64K | 16.1% | 3.5% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Woodson Terrace, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Woodson Terrace and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Berkeley (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodson Terrace workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson Terrace | – | C+ | B | 20 min | $47,417 |
| St. John | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $53,755 |
| Berkeley | 3% | C | A | 21 min | $44,265 |
| Edmundson | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Breckenridge Hills | under 3% | C− | A | 30 min | $40,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. Edmundson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Woodson Terrace’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 2024, 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 Woodson Terrace: questions
What is the median household income in Woodson Terrace?
$47,417 (±$9,030) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodson Terrace?
26.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodson Terrace?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodson Terrace work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (15%, 9 mi), Maryland Heights (9%, 6 mi), Creve Coeur (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Woodson Terrace walkable?
Woodson Terrace is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodson Terrace without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodson Terrace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodson Terrace
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.