Photo: Dcoetzee · Public domainWright City has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Wright City grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 1,185 jobs are based in Wright City, and 2,629 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Wright City itself; outside it, Wentzville draws the most (10%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wright City apart on work
Wright City makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Wright City are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wright City residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Wright City has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wright City went from 850 in 2013 to 1,185 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Wright City earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wright City is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #73 of 247 in Missouri. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wright City could be anywhere from C+ to A.
In Wright City, 41% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wright City, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 1,185. 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 Wright City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Wright City for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,527 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 1,083 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Wright City on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where the trip to work from Wright City ends
Where Wright City clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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 Wright City: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wright City workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,303 commuters (the 11% 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 Wright City’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.
Most of Wright City commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wright City is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #243 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 2,578 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). 1.6% of Wright City households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wright City’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,200th of 3,432: where Wright City ranks among U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,198 | Pacific WA | 7,056 | $116K | 13.8% | 4.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,199 | Balm FL | 7,181 | $115K | 2.2% | 9.2% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,200 | Wright City MO | 5,854 | $80K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,201 | Garwood NJ | 5,390 | $111K | 9.9% | 7.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,202 | Birdsboro PA | 5,161 | $86K | 18.1% | 1.7% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Wright City, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
The towns around Wright City
The biggest share goes to Warrenton (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wright City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright City | – | B+ | C− | 28 min | $80,152 |
| Warrenton | 3% | C | C | 28 min | $61,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wright City’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 Wright City: questions
What is the median household income in Wright City?
$80,152 (±$9,651) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wright City?
5.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wright City?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wright City work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wentzville (10%, 9 mi), O'Fallon (9%, 17 mi), St. Louis (6%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wright City walkable?
Wright City is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wright City 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 Wright City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wright City
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.